semantic field

English

Examples (semantic field)
"White coats", "tests", "emergency", "resuscitate", "nurse" and "on call" are all possible words in the semantic field of "hospital"

Noun

semantic field (plural semantic fields)

1. (linguistics, translation studies) A group of words which all relate to the same subject or concept, or to overlapping aspects thereof.
   • 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 497:

     Included in this semantic field category is the subcategory LEADER, referring to any person having a position of authority, such as ruler, sovereign, king, queen, minister, commissioner, chief, headman[.]

Translations

group of words relating to same subject

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: իմաստային դաշտ (imastayin dašt)
• Basque: eremu semantiko
• Catalan: camp semàntic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 語義場／语义场 (yǔyìchǎng)

• Czech: sémantické pole n
• Dutch: betekenisveld n, semantisch veld n
• Estonian: semantiline väli
• Finnish: semanttinen kenttä
• French: champ sémantique (fr) m, champ lexical (fr) m
• Galician: campo semántico (gl) m
• Georgian: სემანტიკური ველი (semanṭiḳuri veli)
• German: semantisches Feld n, Bedeutungsfeld n
• Greek: σημασιολογικό πεδίο n (simasiologikó pedío)
• Hebrew: שדה סמנטי m
• Hungarian: szemantikai mező (hu), jelentésmező
• Italian: campo semantico (it) m
• Japanese: 意味領域, いみりょういき
• Kazakh: семантикалық өріс (semantikalyq örıs)
• Korean: 어휘장 (eohwijang)
• Occitan: camp semantic m
• Polish: pole semantyczne n
• Portuguese: campo semântico m
• Romanian: câmp semantic n
• Russian: семантическое поле (ru) (semantičeskoje pole)
• Spanish: campo semántico (es) m
• Swedish: semantiskt fält n

See also

• semantic field on Wikipedia.Wikipedia