consigne

See also: consigné

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French consigne.

Noun

consigne (plural consignes)

1. (military) A countersign; a watchword.
2. One who is ordered to keep within certain limits.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “consigne”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• cosening

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French

Etymology

Deverbal from consigner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.siɲ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

consigne f (plural consignes)

1. orders, instructions
2. bottle deposit
3. baggage locker, luggage locker (in an airport, railway station, etc.)

   Il n’y a pas de consignes à bagages dans cet aéroport. ― There is no left-luggage office at this airport.

Further reading

• “consigne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Verb

consigne

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of consignar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of consignar
3. first-person singular imperative of consignar
4. third-person singular imperative of consignar

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Spanish

Verb

consigne

1. inflection of consignar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative