signo

See also: signó

Catalan

Verb

signo

1. first-person singular present indicative of signar

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin signum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡno/

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• Rhymes: -iɡno
• Hyphenation: sig‧no

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”)

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”)

Interlingua

Noun

signo (plural signos)

1. sign

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *seknāō, from Proto-Italic *seknom. By surface analysis, signum (“mark”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪŋ.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiɲ.ɲo]

Verb

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

1. to mark, sign
2. to seal, stamp
3. to statue
4. (figuratively) to point out, to indicate, to express, to 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		signāre			signārī			signāns			—
future		signātūrum esse			signātum īrī			signātūrus			signandus
perfect		signāvisse			signātum esse			—			signātus
future perfect		—			signātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		signātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
• Romanian: semna
• Sicilian: signari, sincari, sinnari
• Spanish: señar
• → Albanian: shënoj
• → Catalan: signar
• → Old French: signer
  • → French: signer
    • → German: signieren
  • → English: sign
• → Proto-Germanic: *segnōną (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: signar

Noun

signō n

1. dative/ablative singular of signum (“sign”)

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of sino, senho, senha, and sinal.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡi.nu/, /ˈsiɡ.nu/

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

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

• Hyphenation: sig‧no

Noun

signo m (plural signos)

1. zodiac sign

Further reading

• “signo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡno/ [ˈsiɣ̞.no]
• Rhymes: -iɡno
• Syllabification: sig‧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 negativo
• signo positivo
• signo zodiacal
• signos vitales

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish signo. Doublet of signos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡno/ [ˈsiɡ.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -iɡno
• Syllabification: sig‧no

Noun

signo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ᜔ᜈᜓ)

1. sign; emblem; symbol

   Synonyms: sagisag, tanda, simbolo

Derived terms

• signo ng sodyako

Related terms

• senyas

References

• “signo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018