Saussure

[ French soh-syr ]
/ French soʊˈsür /

noun

Fer·di·nand de [French fer-dee-nahn duh] /French fɛr diˈnɑ̃ də/,1857–1913, Swiss linguist.

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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