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semiología

Spanish, noun/semjoloˈxia/

semiología is spelled S-E-M-I-O-L-O-G-Í-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 75,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Semiología is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “semiology, semiotics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ciencia que estudia los signos y el proceso de significación”.

What does semiología mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesemiology, semiotics

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Ciencia que estudia los signos y el proceso de significación 2. En particular, la rama de esta que estudia los signos en la comunicación y cultura humanas 3. Rama de la medicina que estudia los signos (síntomas) que permiten el diagnóstico

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of semiología

  • semiologías plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce semiología?

  • /semjoloˈxia/
  • [se.mjo.loˈxi.a]
  • [semjoloˈxia]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to semiología

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is semiología in Spanish?

semiología appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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