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From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum (“sign”) + ficare (“do, make”), variant of facere.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изрази́телен (izrazítelen) — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Esperanto: signifa — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Finnish: merkitsevä — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Ancient Greek: σημαντικός (sēmantikós) — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Hungarian: jelentős — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Icelandic: marktækur — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Italian: significativo — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Italian: eloquente — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Northern Kurdish: watedar — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Latin: significans — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Latvian: nozīmīgs — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Māori: tāpua — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Plautdietsch: wichtich — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Romanian: semnificativ — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Russian: зна́чимый (znáčimyj) — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Sanskrit: आर्थिक (ārthika) — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Spanish: significativo — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Tagalog: makahulugan — signifying something; carrying meaning
• Finnish: merkitsevä — having a covert or hidden meaning
• Arabic: هَامّ (hāmm) — having noticeable effect
• Armenian: էական (ēakan) — having noticeable effect
• Belarusian: зна́чны (znáčny) — having noticeable effect
• Belarusian: ва́жны (vážny) — having noticeable effect
• Bulgarian: съще́ствен (sǎštéstven) — having noticeable effect
• Bulgarian: значи́телен (značítelen) — having noticeable effect
• Catalan: significatiu — having noticeable effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 重要 (zhòngyào) — having noticeable effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 有意義 /有意义 (yǒu yìyì) — having noticeable effect
• Czech: významný — having noticeable effect
• Czech: důležitý — having noticeable effect
• Danish: signifikant — having noticeable effect
• Dutch: voelbaar — having noticeable effect
• Dutch: waarneembaar — having noticeable effect
• Dutch: beduidend — having noticeable effect
• Dutch: significant — having noticeable effect
• Dutch: veelbetekenend — having noticeable effect
• Dutch: betekenisvol — having noticeable effect
• Finnish: merkittävä — having noticeable effect
• Finnish: merkityksellinen — having noticeable effect
• French: significatif — having noticeable effect
• Galician: significativo — having noticeable effect
• Georgian: მნიშვნელოვანი (mnišvnelovani) — having noticeable effect
• German: signifikant — having noticeable effect
• German: bedeutend — having noticeable effect
• Hebrew: משמעותי (mashma'uti) — having noticeable effect
• Hebrew: ממשי (mamashi) — having noticeable effect
• Hungarian: jelentős — having noticeable effect
• Interlingua: significante — having noticeable effect
• Italian: significativo — having noticeable effect
• Italian: epocale — having noticeable effect
• Italian: rimarchevole — having noticeable effect
• Italian: notevole — having noticeable effect
• Japanese: 重要な (jūyō na) — having noticeable effect
• Japanese: 著しい (ichijirushii) — having noticeable effect
• Korean: 중요(重要)하다 (jung'yohada) — having noticeable effect
• Korean: 상당(相當)하다 (sangdanghada) — having noticeable effect
• Northern Kurdish: giring — having noticeable effect
• Latin: ponderōsus — having noticeable effect
• Latin: significāns — having noticeable effect
• Latvian: redzams — having noticeable effect
• Latvian: ievērojams — having noticeable effect
• Macedonian: значаен (značaen) — having noticeable effect
• Māori: tāpua — having noticeable effect
• Polish: znaczny — having noticeable effect
• Polish: znaczący — having noticeable effect
• Portuguese: significativo — having noticeable effect
• Romanian: semnificant — having noticeable effect
• Romanian: important — having noticeable effect
• Romanian: semnificativ — having noticeable effect
• Russian: значи́тельный (značítelʹnyj) — having noticeable effect
• Russian: суще́ственный (suščéstvennyj) — having noticeable effect
• Serbo-Croatian: зна̏ча̄јан — having noticeable effect
• Serbo-Croatian: znȁčājan — having noticeable effect
• Slovak: významný — having noticeable effect
• Slovak: dôležitý — having noticeable effect
• Slovak: značný — having noticeable effect
• Slovak: signifikantný — having noticeable effect
• Slovene: pomemben — having noticeable effect
• Spanish: importante — having noticeable effect
• Spanish: significativo — having noticeable effect
• Spanish: significante — having noticeable effect
• Spanish: considerable — having noticeable effect
• Swedish: signifikant — having noticeable effect
• Swedish: betydelsefullt — having noticeable effect
• Swedish: betydande — having noticeable effect
• Turkish: önemli — having noticeable effect
• Turkish: anlamlı — having noticeable effect
• Turkish: manalı — having noticeable effect
• Turkish: kayda değer — having noticeable effect
• Ukrainian: значни́й (značnýj) — having noticeable effect
• Ukrainian: істо́тний (istótnyj) — having noticeable effect
• Ukrainian: суттє́вий (suttjévyj) — having noticeable effect
• Vietnamese: quan trọng — having noticeable effect
• Bulgarian: значи́телен (značítelen) — reasonably large
• Finnish: merkittävä — reasonably large
• Italian: elevato — reasonably large
• Italian: alto — reasonably large
• Russian: значи́тельный (značítelʹnyj) — reasonably large
• Bulgarian: значи́м (značím) — statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance
• Finnish: merkitsevä — statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance
• French: significatif — statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance
• Hungarian: szignifikáns — statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance
• Italian: significativo — statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance
• Russian: зна́чимый (znáčimyj) — statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance
• Spanish: significativo — statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance
• Swedish: signifikant — statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance