signal

See also: Signal

§English

Wikipedia

§Alternative forms

• signall

§Etymology

From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle, noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum.

§Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭg'nəl, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɡn(ə)l/

• Audio (US)

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§Noun

signal (plural signals)

1. A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
   • Milton

     All obeyed / The wonted signal and superior voice / Of this great potentate.

2. An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
3. (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc) An electrical or electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.

   My mobile phone can't get a signal in the railway station.

4. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
   • Shakespeare

     The weary sun […] / Gives signal of a goodly day to-morrow.

   • De Foe

     There was not the least signal of the calamity to be seen.

5. Useful information, as opposed to noise.
6. (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.

§Antonyms

• (useful information): noise

§Derived terms

Terms derived from signal (noun)

signal box signalman

signalwoman smoke signal

§Translations

indication

• Arabic: إشارة f ('ishaara)
• Armenian: ազդանշան (hy) (azdanšan)
• Bengali: সংকেত
• Catalan: senyal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 信號, 信号 (zh) (xìnhào)

• Czech: znamení n, signál m
• Danish: signal n
• Dutch: signaal (nl) n, sein (nl) n
• Esperanto: signalo
• Estonian: signaal (et)
• Finnish: signaali (fi)
• French: signal (fr) m
• Galician: sinal (gl) m
• German: Signal (de) n
• Greek: σήμα (el) n (síma)
• Hebrew: אות (he) m, סיגנל m

• Hungarian: jel (hu)
• Italian: segnale (it) m
• Japanese: 信号 (ja) (しんごう, shingō)
• Lithuanian: signalas (lt) m
• Malay: isyarat
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: signal n

  Nynorsk: signal n

• Polish: sygnał (pl) m
• Portuguese: sinal (pt) m
• Romanian: semnal (ro)
• Russian: сигнал (ru) m (signál)
• Spanish: señal (es) f
• Swedish: signal (sv) c
• Telugu: సంజ్ఞ (samjna) (1), సంకేతం (samkeatam) (1, 2)
• Turkish: sinyal (tr)

device to give indication

• Catalan: senyal (ca) m
• Czech: signál m
• Danish: signal n
• Dutch: sein (nl) n
• French: signal (fr) m
• Galician: sinal (gl) m
• German: Signal (de) m
• Hungarian: szignál (hu), jel (hu)
• Italian: segnale (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: signal n

  Nynorsk: signal n

• Polish: sygnał (pl) m
• Portuguese: sinal (pt) m
• Romanian: semnal indicator n, semnalizator (ro) n
• Spanish: señal (es) f
• Swedish: signal (sv) c

electric or electromagnetic action that conveys information

• Catalan: senyal (ca) m
• Danish: signal n
• Dutch: signaal (nl) n
• Galician: sinal (gl) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: signal n

  Nynorsk: signal n

• Portuguese: sinal (pt) m
• Romanian: semnal (ro) n
• Spanish: señal (es) f
• Swedish: signal (sv) c
• Vietnamese: tín hiệu (vi)

§See also

• tocsin

§Verb

signal (third-person singular simple present signals, present participle (UK) signalling or (US) signaling, simple past and past participle (UK) signalled or (US) signaled)

1. To indicate.

§Translations

To indicate

• French: signaler (fr)
• German: signalisieren (de)
• Lithuanian: signalizuoti

• Maori: rota
• Russian: сигнализировать (ru) (signalizírovat’)
• Spanish: señalar (es)

§Adjective

signal (not comparable)

1. Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.

   a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence

   • Milton

     As signal now in low, dejected state / As erst in highest, behold him where he lies.

§Related terms

• signature (adjective)

§Anagrams

• algins, aligns, lasing

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§Danish

§Noun

signal n (definite singular signalet, indefinite plural signaler, definite plural signalerne)

1. a signal

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§French

§Etymology

Re-latinization of Old French segnal, from Medieval Latin signale, from Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum.

§Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

§Noun

signal m (plural signaux)

1. signal

§Related terms

• signe

§Anagrams

• lignas

§External links

• “signal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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§Norwegian Bokmål

§Noun

signal n (definite singular signalet, indefinite plural signal / signaler, definite plural signala / signalene)

1. a signal

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§Norwegian Nynorsk

§Noun

signal n (definite singular signalet, indefinite plural signal, definite plural signala)

1. a signal

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§Serbo-Croatian

§Etymology

From German Signal, from Medieval Latin signale, from Latin signum.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǐɡnaːl/
• Hyphenation: sig‧nal

§Noun

sìgnāl m (Cyrillic spelling сѝгна̄л)

1. signal

§Declension

    declension of signal

	singular	plural
nominative	sìgnāl	signali
genitive	signála	signala
dative	signalu	signalima
accusative	signal	signale
vocative	signale	signali
locative	signalu	signalima
instrumental	signalom	signalima

§References

• “signal” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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§Swedish

§Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

§Noun

signal c (definite singular signalen, indefinite plural signaler, definite plural signalerna)

1. a signal

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§Vilamovian

§Etymology

From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle, noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum.

§Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

§Noun

signal n (plural signale)

1. signal