English adjective: Semitic | |||
1. | Semitic of or relating to the group of Semitic languages | ||
Samples | Semitic tongues have a complicated morphology. | ||
2. | Semitic of or relating to or characteristic of Semites | ||
Samples | Semite peoples. | ||
Synonyms | Semite | ||
English noun: Semitic | |||
1. | Semitic (communication) a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Arabic language, Aramaic, Canaanitic, Canaanitic language, Ethiopian language, Maltese, Maltese language, Malti | ||