senefiance

== Middle French == === Noun === senefiance f (plural senefiances) rare form of signifiance == Old French == === Alternative forms === cenefiance, segnefiance, segnefience, senefianche, senifiance signifiance, signifianche (influenced by signe) === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Latin significantia (the inherited form would be *senechance, *senegiance, compare senechier); equivalent to senefier +‎ -ance. Doublet of significance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌse.nə.fiˈan.t͡sə/ (Northern) IPA(key): /ˌse.nə.fiˈan.t͡ʃə/ (with learned influence) IPA(key): /ˌsi.ɲi.fiˈan.t͡sə/ === Noun === senefiance oblique singular, f (oblique plural senefiances, nominative singular senefiance, nominative plural senefiances) sign; signal; indication significance; importance ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: signifiance, senefiance (rare) (influenced by signe)French: signifiance (now literary or technical) Gallo: sènefiance Poitevin-Saintongeais: sanefionce → Middle English: signifiaunce, signefiance, signifiance, signifiauns, signifyaunce, signyfiaunce, sygnyfyaunce, syngnefiaunce, syngnefyaunceEnglish: signifiance (obsolete)Middle Scots: signifiance === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “significare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 11: S–Si, page 603 Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “segnefiance”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.