different between signifer vs signifier

English

Etymology

From Latin signifer, from signum (“sign”) + fer? (“to bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??n?f?(?)/

Adjective

signifer (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Bearing signs.

   • the circle called Signifer, or the Zodiake

Anagrams

• fire sign

Latin

Etymology

From s?gnum (“sign”) +? -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?si?.ni.fer/, [?s???n?f?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?si?.?i.fer/, [?si??if?r]

Adjective

signifer (feminine signifera, neuter signiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. sign-bearing, image-bearing,
2. bearing the heavenly signs or constellations, starry

   "sed signifer sanctus Michael repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam." (But may the sign-bearer, Saint Michael, lead them into the holy light)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Descendants

• Catalan: signífer
• Spanish: signífero

Noun

signifer m (genitive signifer?); second declension

1. standard-bearer, sign-bearer, ensign
2. leader, chief
3. the sky, heavens

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Descendants

• Catalan: signífer
• Italian: signifero
• Portuguese: signífero

References

• signifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• signifer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• signifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

English

Etymology

signify +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

signifier (plural signifiers)

1. Something or someone that signifies, makes something more significant or important.
   1. (cartomancy) A card representing a querent, question, or situation.
2. (linguistics) The sound of spoken word or string of letters on a page that a person recognizes as a sign.

Synonyms

• (cartomancy): significator

Related terms

• signified
• referent

Translations

See also

intension on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nigrifies

French

Etymology

Loaned from Latin signific?, signific?re, from signum (“mark, sign, emblem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.?i.fje/

Verb

signifier

1. to signify, mean

Conjugation

Derived terms

• signification
• significatif

Further reading

• “signifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).