signatum Linguistics and Semiotics.
(sɪgˈnɑːtəm)
[L., neut. sing. pa. pple. of signāre to signify.]
= signifié. Opp. signans.
| 1953, etc. [see signans]. 1962 R. Jakobson Sel. Writings I. 658 This criticism has been repeatedly mistaken for an attempt to withdraw the signatum from the scope of any phonemic analysis. |