Saussure

[ French soh-syr ]

noun

1. Fer·di·nand de [fe, r, -dee-, nahn, d, uh], 1857–1913, Swiss linguist.

Saussure

/ sosyr /

noun

1. SaussureFerdinand de18571913MSwissLANGUAGE: linguistWRITING: structuralist 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

• Sausˈsurean, adjectivenoun

Example Sentences

Saussure made similar experiments, and observed that the quantity of water exhaled by a sunflower amounted to about 220 lb.

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Saussure has also observed that the quantity of ash diminishes in certain plants when the seed has ripened.

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A substance noticed by Saussure in starch-paste, when long kept.

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De Saussure suffered considerably, and a raging thirst added to his discomfort.

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Here, as in a hundred other places, I sought in the fog for the vesicles of De Saussure, but failed to find them.

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