dénotation
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēnotātiō. By surface analysis, dénoter + -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/
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Noun
dénotation f (plural dénotations)
- (linguistics, semantics) denotation
- Coordinate term: connotation
Related terms
Further reading
- “dénotation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.