semon
/ˈsiːmɒn/noun
semon is a noun meaning “A unit of semiology or semantics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-E-M-O-N and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of semon is semons.
What does semon mean?
noun
- 1
A unit of semiology or semantics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce semon?
- /ˈsiːmɒn/
Semon has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of semon
- semons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is semon?
Semon appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does semon come from?
From sem- as in semantic and semiotics, from Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “sign”), + -on. By surface analysis, seme + -on.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).