signaler

English

Alternative forms

• signaller (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English signal

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English signaler

From signal + -er.

Noun

signaler (plural signalers) (American spelling)

1. Someone who signals.
2. A device that sends a signal.

Derived terms

• virtue signaler

Translations

one who signals

• Portuguese: sinalizador (pt) m

a device that sends a signal

• Portuguese: sinalizador (pt) m

Anagrams

• aligners, salering, lasering, seringal, engrails, resignal, sanglier, slangier, Salinger, inlarges, nargiles, realigns, arseling, seal ring

Danish

Noun

signaler n

1. indefinite plural of signal

French

Etymology

Back-formation from signalé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ɲa.le/

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Verb

signaler

1. to signal
2. to highlight, to notify, to bring to attention, to identify

   L'agence du médicament a signalé des risques au comprimé.

   The medical agency indicated the risks of the tablet.

   Une bande de Goths a été signalée dans la région.

   A group of Goths have been identified in the region.

   • 1903, Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Étude de la plante‎^[1], page 4:

     Plusieurs cas spéciaux, où les tiges se modifient, sont pourtant à signaler.

     However, several special cases in which the stems are modified should be noted.

Conjugation

Conjugation of signaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	signaler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	signalant /si.ɲa.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		signalé /si.ɲa.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	signale /si.ɲal/	signales /si.ɲal/	signale /si.ɲal/	signalons /si.ɲa.lɔ̃/	signalez /si.ɲa.le/	signalent /si.ɲal/
	imperfect	signalais /si.ɲa.lɛ/	signalais /si.ɲa.lɛ/	signalait /si.ɲa.lɛ/	signalions /si.ɲa.ljɔ̃/	signaliez /si.ɲa.lje/	signalaient /si.ɲa.lɛ/
	past historic2	signalai /si.ɲa.le/	signalas /si.ɲa.la/	signala /si.ɲa.la/	signalâmes /si.ɲa.lam/	signalâtes /si.ɲa.lat/	signalèrent /si.ɲa.lɛʁ/
	future	signalerai /si.ɲal.ʁe/	signaleras /si.ɲal.ʁa/	signalera /si.ɲal.ʁa/	signalerons /si.ɲal.ʁɔ̃/	signalerez /si.ɲal.ʁe/	signaleront /si.ɲal.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	signalerais /si.ɲal.ʁɛ/	signalerais /si.ɲal.ʁɛ/	signalerait /si.ɲal.ʁɛ/	signalerions /si.ɲa.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	signaleriez /si.ɲa.lə.ʁje/	signaleraient /si.ɲal.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	signale /si.ɲal/	signales /si.ɲal/	signale /si.ɲal/	signalions /si.ɲa.ljɔ̃/	signaliez /si.ɲa.lje/	signalent /si.ɲal/
	imperfect2	signalasse /si.ɲa.las/	signalasses /si.ɲa.las/	signalât /si.ɲa.la/	signalassions /si.ɲa.la.sjɔ̃/	signalassiez /si.ɲa.la.sje/	signalassent /si.ɲa.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	signale /si.ɲal/	—	signalons /si.ɲa.lɔ̃/	signalez /si.ɲa.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• signalement

Descendants

• → Dutch: signaleren

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ligneras, sanglier

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• signal

Noun

signaler n

1. indefinite plural of signal

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

signaler

1. indefinite plural of signal