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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
signore
- Alternative form of signor
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From earlier segnore, from Latin seniōrem, accusative of senior, comparative form of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos. Doublet of sire.
Alternative forms[edit]
- segnore (archaic)
Noun[edit]
signore m (feminine signora, feminine plural signore)
- (archaic) lord (ruler)
- c. 1260s, Brunetto Latini, Il tesoretto [The Treasure], collected in Raccolta di rime antiche toscane: Volume primo, Palermo: Giuseppe Assenzio, published 1817, lines 1–3, page 9:
- Al valente Signore, ¶ Di cui non so migliore ¶ Sù la terra trovare
- To the valiant lord, of which I can find no better in the land
- (archaic) master
- Synonym: padrone
- (obsolete) Used to address a lover: beloved
- Synonym: amato
- (often capitalized) Lord, God
- c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico di Frate Sole [Canticle of the Sun][1], printed by the Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco, page 2:
- Laudato ſi mi ſignore ᵱ ſora noſtra moꝛte coꝛᵱale, da la quale nullu hõ uiuẽte po ſkappare.
- Praised be you, my Lord, through our sister Bodily Death, from whose embrace no living person can escape.
- Used to address a man: sir (gentlemen is used for the plural)
- Sì, signore ― Yes, sir
- No, signori ― No, gentlemen
- (transferred sense):
- lord, magnate {esp. as signore di ~)
Adjective[edit]
signore (feminine signora, masculine plural signori, feminine plural signore)
- (archaic) rich, well-off, wealthy
- Synonyms: benestante, ricco
- (familiar) great, exceptional, excellent
- Synonyms: eccellente, eccezionale, ottimo, pregevole
References[edit]
- signore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
signore f
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