English-French translations for semantics

• sémantique
  C'est une simple question de sémantique. It is all a question of semantics.
  D'abord, une remarque sémantique. First of all, a comment on the semantics.
  Notre problème relève dès lors de la sémantique. Our problem is therefore one of semantics.

Definition of semantics

• A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
• The study of the relationship between words and their meanings
• The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage
• The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax

Examples

• Semantics is a foundation of lexicography
• The semantics of the terms used are debatable
• The semantics of a single preposition is a dissertation in itself
• file sharing and locking semantics

Related words

• semantic
• semantically
• polysemantic
• semanticist
• semantician
• phonosemantics
• phonosemantic
• semanticism
• asemanticity