シーニュMeanings1nounsign (linguistics)linguistics›Technical term in linguistics, borrowed from French 'signe', referring to the Saussurean concept of the linguistic sign (signifier and signified).from French signeソシュールの理り論ろんでは、シーニュはシニフィアンとシニフィエから成なる。In Saussure's theory, the sign consists of the signifier and the signified.