singe

See also singé, and sînge

English

Etymology

From Middle English sengen, from Old English sengan, sæncgan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-Germanic *sangijaną (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangr (“burnt, scorched”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɪnd͡ʒ/

Verb

singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singeing, simple past and past participle singed)

1. (transitive) To burn slightly.
   • L'Estrange

     I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.

2. (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
3. (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

Synonyms

• scorch

Translations

to burn slightly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燒灼 (cmn), 烧灼 (cmn) (shāozhuó), 灼 (cmn) (zhuó)

• Finnish: paahtaa (fi)
• French: roussir (fr)
• German: ansengen (de), versengen (de)
• Hungarian: pörköl (hu)
• Icelandic: svíða (is), brenna (is), sviðna (is), brenna lítillega (is)

• Japanese: 焦がす (ja) (こがす, kogasu)
• Jèrriais: roussi, traler
• Maori: ngunu (mi), tāina (mi)
• Norwegian: svi (no)
• Russian: подпаливать (ru) (podpálivatʹ) impf., опалять (ru) (opaljátʹ) impf., палить (ru) (palitʹ) impf.
• Santali: ᱨᱳ (ro)
• Spanish: chamuscar (es)
• Swedish: sveda (sv), bränna (sv)

Noun

singe (plural singes)

1. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

References

• singe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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French

Etymology

From Latin sīmius.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sɛ̃ʒ/

Noun

singe m (plural singes)

1. monkey
2. ape

Anagrams

• geins, ignés, signe, signé

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German

Verb

singe

1. First-person singular present of singen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of singen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of singen.
4. Imperative singular of singen.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin sīmius.

Noun

singe m (oblique plural singes, nominative singular singes, nominative plural singe)

1. monkey (animal)

Descendants

• French: singe
• Jèrriais: sînge