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saussure

Saus·sure
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [French soh-syr]
    • /French soʊˈsür/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [French soh-syr]
    • /French soʊˈsür/

Definitions of saussure word

  • noun saussure Ferdinand de [French fer-dee-nahn duh] /French fɛr diˈnɑ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1857–1913, Swiss linguist. 1
  • noun saussure Ferdinand de (fɛrdinɑ̃ də). 1857–1913, Swiss linguist. He pioneered structuralism in linguistics and the separation of scientific language description from historical philological studies 0
  • noun saussure Ferdiˈnand de (fɛrdiˈnɑ̃ də) ; ferdēnänˈ də) 1857-1913; Swiss linguist 0

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Parts of speech for Saussure

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

saussure popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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