significance

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• UK, US: /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/
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• CMU ARPABET: S AH0 G N IH1 F IH0 K AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English significaunce, from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, from Latin significantia. Doublet of signifiance.

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَعْنَى (maʕnā) — extent to which something matters
• Armenian: նշանակություն (nšanakutʻyun) — extent to which something matters
• Bashkir: әһәмиәт (əhəmiət) — extent to which something matters
• Bulgarian: значение (značenie) — extent to which something matters
• Chinese Mandarin: 重要性 (zhòngyàoxìng) — extent to which something matters
• Czech: význam — extent to which something matters
• Danish: betydning — extent to which something matters
• Dutch: betekenis — extent to which something matters
• Dutch: belang — extent to which something matters
• Dutch: importantie — extent to which something matters
• Finnish: merkitys — extent to which something matters
• Finnish: tärkeys — extent to which something matters
• French: importance — extent to which something matters
• French: signification — extent to which something matters
• Galician: significación — extent to which something matters
• German: Bedeutung — extent to which something matters
• German: Signifikanz — extent to which something matters
• Hungarian: jelentőség — extent to which something matters
• Hungarian: fontosság — extent to which something matters
• Irish: tábhacht — extent to which something matters
• Italian: significanza — extent to which something matters
• Italian: significatività — extent to which something matters
• Italian: importanza — extent to which something matters
• Japanese: 重要性 (jūyōsei) — extent to which something matters
• Khmer: សារៈសំខាន់ (sarsaamkhan) — extent to which something matters
• Korean: 중요성 (jung'yoseong) — extent to which something matters
• Macedonian: зна́чење (znáčenje) — extent to which something matters
• Macedonian: ва́жност (vážnost) — extent to which something matters
• Malayalam: പ്രാധാന്യം (prādhānyaṁ) — extent to which something matters
• Portuguese: significância — extent to which something matters
• Romanian: semnificanță — extent to which something matters
• Romanian: importanță — extent to which something matters
• Romanian: semnificativitate — extent to which something matters
• Russian: значе́ние (značénije) — extent to which something matters
• Scottish Gaelic: brìgh — extent to which something matters
• Scottish Gaelic: ciall — extent to which something matters
• Scottish Gaelic: cudthrom — extent to which something matters
• Serbo-Croatian: znáčēnje — extent to which something matters
• Serbo-Croatian: znȁčāj — extent to which something matters
• Serbo-Croatian: vážnōst — extent to which something matters
• Slovak: význam — extent to which something matters
• Spanish: significado — extent to which something matters
• Spanish: significación — extent to which something matters
• Spanish: calado — extent to which something matters
• Spanish: importancia — extent to which something matters
• Spanish: significancia — extent to which something matters
• Swedish: betydelse — extent to which something matters
• Swedish: vikt — extent to which something matters
• Swedish: signifikans — extent to which something matters
• Thai: ความสําคัญ (kwaam-sǎm-kan) — extent to which something matters
• Turkish: önem — extent to which something matters
• Welsh: pwysigrwydd — extent to which something matters
• Armenian: իմաստ (imast) — meaning
• Bulgarian: смисъл (smisǎl) — meaning
• Catalan: significat — meaning
• Chinese Cantonese: 意味 (ji3 mei6) — meaning
• Chinese: 意味 (zh-min-nan) — meaning
• Chinese Mandarin: 意味 (yìwèi) — meaning
• Chinese Mandarin: 意義 /意义 (yìyì) — meaning
• Danish: betydning — meaning
• Dutch: betekenis — meaning
• Esperanto: signifo — meaning
• Finnish: tarkoitus — meaning
• French: signification — meaning
• German: Bedeutung — meaning
• Greek: νόημα (nóima) — meaning
• Hungarian: jelentés — meaning
• Hungarian: értelem — meaning
• Japanese: 意義 (igi) — meaning
• Japanese: 意味 (imi) — meaning
• Korean: 의미 (uimi) — meaning
• Macedonian: сми́сла (smísla) — meaning
• Middle English: signifiaunce — meaning
• Middle English: significaunce — meaning
• Pohnpeian: wehwe — meaning
• Portuguese: significado — meaning
• Russian: значе́ние (značénije) — meaning
• Russian: смысл (smysl) — meaning
• Scottish Gaelic: brìgh — meaning
• Spanish: significado — meaning
• Swedish: betydelse — meaning
• Tamil: பொருள் (poruḷ) — meaning
• Tamil: அர்த்தம் (arttam) — meaning
• Thai: ความหมาย (kwaam-mǎai) — meaning
• Tocharian B: ārth — meaning
• Turkish: anlam — meaning
• Turkish: mana — meaning
• Vietnamese: ý nghĩa — meaning