ferdinand de saussure

1. 1.

   Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)

   Synonymsde SaussureSaussure

   Broaderlinguist

Questions about ferdinand de saussure

What does ferdinand de saussure mean?

ferdinand de saussure means "Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)".

What is another word for ferdinand de saussure?

Close synonyms include de Saussure, Saussure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ferdinand de saussure a common word?

ferdinand de saussure is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.