signore
See also: Signore
English
Noun
signore
- Alternative form of signor
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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From earlier segnore, from Latin seniōrem, accusative of senior, comparative form of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos. Doublet of sire.
Alternative forms
- segnore (archaic)
Noun
signore m (plural signori, feminine signora, feminine plural signore)
- lord, gentleman
- (used to address a man) sir (gentlemen is used for the plural)
- Sì, signore ― Yes, sir
- No, signori ― No, gentlemen
- (often capitalized) Lord, God
- c. 13th century, 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.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
signore f
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