saussure

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsde SaussureFerdinand de Saussure

   Broaderlinguist

Other forms of saussure

plural

saussures·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about saussure

What does saussure mean?

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

How many syllables are in saussure?

saussure has 2 syllables: saus-sure. The stress falls on "saus".

What is another word for saussure?

Close synonyms include de Saussure, Ferdinand de 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 saussure a common word?

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.