Saussure

[ French soh-syr ]

/ French soʊˈsür /

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noun

Fer·di·nand de

[French fer-dee-nahnduh], /French fɛr diˈnɑ̃ də/, 1857–1913, Swiss linguist.

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Words nearby Saussure

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How to use Saussure in a sentence

Saussure made similar experiments, and observed that the quantity of water exhaled by a sunflower amounted to about 220 lb.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
Saussure has also observed that the quantity of ash diminishes in certain plants when the seed has ripened.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
A substance noticed by Saussure in starch-paste, when long kept.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
De Saussure suffered considerably, and a raging thirst added to his discomfort.
An Impromptu Ascent of Mont Blanc|W. H. Le Mesurier

Here, as in a hundred other places, I sought in the fog for the vesicles of De Saussure, but failed to find them.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps|John Tyndall

British Dictionary definitions for Saussure

Saussure

/ (French sosyr) /

noun

Ferdinand de (fɛrdinɑ̃ də). 1857–1913, Swiss linguist. He pioneered structuralism in linguistics and the separation of scientific language description from historical philological studies

Derived forms of Saussure

Saussurean, adjective, noun

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