signe

See also: Signe and signé

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin signum. Doublet of the inherited seny (now obsolete in this sense) and senya (via the Latin plural signa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsiŋ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈsiŋ.ne]
• Homophone: cigne

Noun

signe m (plural signes)

1. sign (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

• signe d'admiració
• signe d'exclamació
• signe d'interrogació

 

Further reading

• “signe” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French signe, from Old French signe, from Latin signum. Doublet of seing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɲ/

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• Homophones: cygne, cygnes, signent, signes
• Rhymes: -iɲ

Noun

signe m (plural signes)

1. sign (indicator; indication; mathematical polarity)
   • Najoua Belyzel, Gabriel

     Es-tu fait pour lui ? Es-tu fait pour moi ? Je n’attends qu’un signe de toi.

     Are you made for him? Are you made for me? I'm just waiting for a sign from you.

   en signe de reconnaissance ― as a sign of gratitude

   en signe d’affection ― as a sign of affection

2. gesture

Synonyms

• indice
• trace

Derived terms

• en signe de
• faire signe
• langue des signes
• ne pas donner signe de vie
• signe de croix
• signe de ponctuation
• signe dur
• signe mou

 

Verb

signe

1. inflection of signer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• geins, ignés, singe

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French signe, borrowed from Latin signum.

Noun

signe m (plural signes)

1. sign; signal

Descendants

• French: signe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• signa (a-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse signa, from Latin sīgnō. Doublet of signere.

Verb

signe (present tense signar, past tense signa, past participle signa, passive infinitive signast, present participle signande, imperative signe/sign)

1. (transitive) to bless
2. (transitive, Christianity) to make the sign of the cross upon

References

• “signe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• sine

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin signum. Compare the inherited seing.

Noun

signe oblique singular, m (oblique plural signes, nominative singular signes, nominative plural signe)

1. sign; signal

Descendants

• Middle French: signe
  • French: signe

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (signe, supplement)
• signe on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Spanish

Verb

signe

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

Swedish

Verb

signe

1. (dated) subjunctive of signa

Anagrams

• Inges