signo

See also: signó

Catalan

Verb

signo

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Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin signum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

signo (accusative singular signon, plural signoj, accusative plural signojn)

1. sign, signal
2. character, mark

Derived terms

• demandosigno (“question mark”)
• ironisigno (“irony mark”)
• kaj-signo (“ampersand”)
• kridemandosigno (“interrobang”)
• krisigno (“exclamation mark”)

Related terms

• antaŭsigno (“portent, omen, indication”)

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto signo, English sign, French signe, Italian segno, Spanish signo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.no/

Noun

signo (plural signi)

1. sign (natural or artificial), mark (indication)

Derived terms

• krucosigno (“the sign of the cross”)
• signizar (“to sign, put a sign on”)

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Interlingua

Noun

signo (plural signos)

1. sign

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Latin

Etymology

From signum (“mark”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.noː/, [ˈs̠ɪŋnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɲ.ɲo/, [ˈsiɲːo]

Verb

signō (present infinitive signāre, perfect active signāvī, supine signātum); first conjugation

1. I mark, sign
2. I seal, stamp
3. I statue
4. (figuratively) I point out, I indicate, I express, I designate

Conjugation

Conjugation of signō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	signō	signās	signat	signāmus	signātis	signant
	imperfect	signābam	signābās	signābat	signābāmus	signābātis	signābant
	future	signābō	signābis	signābit	signābimus	signābitis	signābunt
	perfect	signāvī	signāvistī	signāvit	signāvimus	signāvistis	signāvērunt, signāvēre
	pluperfect	signāveram	signāverās	signāverat	signāverāmus	signāverātis	signāverant
	future perfect	signāverō	signāveris	signāverit	signāverimus	signāveritis	signāverint
passive	present	signor	signāris, signāre	signātur	signāmur	signāminī	signantur
	imperfect	signābar	signābāris, signābāre	signābātur	signābāmur	signābāminī	signābantur
	future	signābor	signāberis, signābere	signābitur	signābimur	signābiminī	signābuntur
	perfect	signātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	signātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	signātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	signem	signēs	signet	signēmus	signētis	signent
	imperfect	signārem	signārēs	signāret	signārēmus	signārētis	signārent
	perfect	signāverim	signāverīs	signāverit	signāverīmus	signāverītis	signāverint
	pluperfect	signāvissem	signāvissēs	signāvisset	signāvissēmus	signāvissētis	signāvissent
passive	present	signer	signēris, signēre	signētur	signēmur	signēminī	signentur
	imperfect	signārer	signārēris, signārēre	signārētur	signārēmur	signārēminī	signārentur
	perfect	signātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	signātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	signā	—	—	signāte	—
	future	—	signātō	signātō	—	signātōte	signantō
passive	present	—	signāre	—	—	signāminī	—
	future	—	signātor	signātor	—	—	signantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		signāre	signāvisse	signātūrum esse	signārī	signātum esse	signātum īrī
participles		signāns	—	signātūrus	—	signātus	signandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		signandī	signandō	signandum	signandō	signātum	signātū

Derived terms

• assignō
• cōnsignō
• dēsignō
• insignō

• obsignō
• resignō
• signāculum
• subsignō

Descendants

• Catalan: senyar
• Friulian: segnâ
• Galician: asinar
• Italian: segnare
• Occitan: senhar
• Sicilian: signari, sincari, sinnari
• Spanish: señar
• → Albanian: shënoj
• → Catalan: signar
• → Old Dutch: *seganon
  • Middle Dutch: sēgenen
    • Dutch: zegenen
• → Old English: seġnian
  • English: sain
• → Old French: signer
  • → French: signer
    • → German: signieren
  • → English: sign
• → Old High German: seganon
  • Middle High German: segenen
    • German: segnen
    • → Czech: žehnat

• → Spanish: signar

Noun

(deprecated template usage) signō

1. dative/ablative singular of signum

References

• “signo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “signo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• signo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to seal, fasten a letter: epistulam signare, obsignare
    
  • (ambiguous) statues and pictures: signa et tabulae (pictae)
    
  • (ambiguous) to begin the march, break up the camp: signa ferre, tollere
    
  • (ambiguous) to deviate, change the direction: signa convertere (B. G. 1. 25)
    
  • (ambiguous) to follow the standards: signa sequi (opp. a signis discedere, signa relinquere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to pluck up the standards out of the ground (to begin the march): signa convellere (vid. sect. XVI. 6, note signa...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to attack the enemy: signa inferre in hostem
    
  • (ambiguous) to come to close quarters: signa conferre cum hoste
    
  • (ambiguous) the retreat is sounded: signa receptui canunt
    
• signo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin signum. Compare the doublets sino, senho, and senha.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡnu/ [ˈsi.ɣnu]

• Hyphenation: sig‧no

Noun

signo m (plural signos)

1. zodiac sign

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡno/ [ˈsiɣ̞.no]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin signum. Compare sino, seña and señal.

Noun

signo m (plural signos)

1. sign, indication
2. Clipping of signo zodiacal (“zodiac sign”)

Derived terms

• lengua de signos
• signo de exclamación
• signo de interrogación
• signo del zodíaco
• signo igual
• signo zodiacal

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

signo

1. first-person singular present indicative of signar

Further reading

• “signo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish signo. Doublet of signos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sig‧no
• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡno/, [ˈsiɡ.n̪o]

Noun

signo

1. sign; emblem; symbol

   Synonyms: sagisag, tanda, simbolo

References

• “signo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[3], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021