insigne

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin

Noun

insigne (plural insignia)

1. (dated) An insignia.

Anagrams

• ingines, seining

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.siɲ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin insignis.

Adjective

insigne (plural insignes)

1. (literary) remarkable, distinguished

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin insigne, nominalised neuter of insignis. Doublet of enseigne.

Noun

insigne m (plural insignes)

1. a badge

Further reading

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

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Italian

Adjective

1. great, distinguished, renowned

Synonyms

• grande, celebre, rinomato

Anagrams

• insegni

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Latin

Etymology

From īnsignis (“marked, distinguished”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈsiːɡ.ne/, [ĩːˈs̠iːŋnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsiɲ.ɲe/, [inˈsiɲːe]

Noun

īnsīgne n (genitive īnsīgnis); third declension

1. a distinguishing mark, emblem, badge
2. an ensign, an honour, a badge of honour
3. a coat of arms

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īnsīgne	īnsīgnia
Genitive	īnsīgnis	īnsīgnium
Dative	īnsīgnī	īnsīgnibus
Accusative	īnsīgne	īnsīgnia
Ablative	īnsīgnī	īnsīgnibus
Vocative	īnsīgne	īnsīgnia

Derived terms

• īnsigniārius (“a keeper of insignia”, noun)

Descendants

• English: ensign, insignia
• French: insigne
• Italian: insegna
• Portuguese: insígnia
• Spanish: insignia, enseña

References

• “insigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “insigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• insigne in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• insigne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “insigne”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “insigne”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Spanish

Adjective

insigne m or f (masculine and feminine plural insignes)

1. distinguished, illustrious