☉*signifiance, n.f., significance, token, testimony, sign, mark.
*signifiant, -e, adj., (theol.) significant, significative, expressive.
*significati-f, -ve, adj., significative, significant.
*signification, n.f., signification; meaning, sense, acceptation; (jur.) legal notice.
*significativement, adv., with force, significantly.
*signifier, v.a., to signify, to mean, to notify, to declare, to announce, to intimate; (jur.) to serve. Que signifie ce mot? what is the meaning of this word? Faire —; to give notice of. Je lui ai signifié d’avoir à s’y trouver; I gave him notice to be sure and be there.
*se signifier, v.r., (jur.) to be served.
sikh, n.m., adj., Sikh (East Indian).
sil, n.m., yellow ocher (of the ancients).
silence, n.m., silence, stillness; secrecy, omission, pause; (mus.) rest. Faire —; to keep silence, to be silent. Rompre le —; to break the silence. Imposer —; to silence. Passer sous —; to pass over in silence, not to mention. Réduire au —; to silence. Garder, or observer, le —; to keep silence, or remain silent. En —; silently, without noise, gently. Dans le —; in secret, secretly.