singe

See also: singé and sînge

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Verb

singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singeing, simple past and past participle singed)

1. (transitive) To burn slightly.
   • 1702, Sir Roger L’Estrange, “The First Viſion of the Algouazil (or Catchpole) Poſſest”, in The Viſions of Dom Franciſco de Quevedo-Villegas'‎^[21]:

     made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us

2. (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
3. (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

Synonyms

• scorch

Derived terms

• singe one's wings

Translations

to burn slightly

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: изгарям (bg) (izgarjam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燒灼／烧灼 (zh) (shāozhuó), 燒焦／烧焦 (zh) (shāojiāo)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: aanbranden (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: paahtaa (fi)
• French: roussir (fr)
• Galician: chamuscar
• German: ansengen, versengen (de)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: pörköl (hu)
• Icelandic: svíða (is), brenna (is), sviðna, brenna lítillega
• Irish: tíor
• Italian: scottare (it), bruciacchiare (it)
• Japanese: 焦がす (ja) (こがす, kogasu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: adūrō (la)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: ngunu, hunuhunu, whakapākākā, tāina
• Norman: roussi, traler
• Norwegian: svi
• Old English: senġan
• Polish: przypalać (pl) impf, przypalić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: chamuscar (pt)
• Romanian: pârli (ro)
• Russian: подпа́ливать (ru) impf (podpálivatʹ), опаля́ть (ru) impf (opaljátʹ), пали́ть (ru) impf (palítʹ)
• Sanskrit: प्लोषति (sa) (ploṣati)
• Santali: ᱨᱳ (ro)
• Spanish: chamuscar (es)
• Swedish: sveda (sv)
• Telugu: కమలు (te) (kamalu)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Yoruba: wì

to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame

• Bulgarian: опърлям (bg) (opǎrljam)
• Galician: chamuscar
• German: absengen
• Maori: tāina
• Romanian: pârli (ro)

Noun

singe (plural singes)

1. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

Etymology 2

Verb

singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singing, simple past sange, past participle sunge)

1. Obsolete form of sing.
   • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg: Eucharius Cervicornus and J. Soter?], →OCLC, Judith xvj:[1–2], folio xxix, verso:

     Then ſange Iudith this ſonge vnto the LORDE: Begynne vnto the LORDE vpon the tabrettes, ſinge vnto the LORDE vpon the cymbals.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 1:

     Lo I the man, whoſe Muſe whilome did maske, / As time her taught in lowly Sheapards weeds, / Am now enforſt a far unfitter taske, / For trumpets ſterne to change mine oaten reeds, / And ſinge of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds […]

   • c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act III, scene iv:

     [H]ere’s a couple of Syrenicall raſcals ſhall inchaunt yee: What ſhall they ſinge my good Lorde?

References

• “singe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Giens, Gines, Niges, Signe, gines, segni, sengi

Alemannic German

Etymology

Compare German singen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋə/

Verb

singe (third-person singular simple present singt, past participle gsunge, auxiliary haa)

1. to sing

Derived terms

• umesinge

Related terms

• Gsang
• Sänger

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French singe, from Old French singe, inherited from Latin sīmius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃ʒ/

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Noun

singe m (plural singes)

1. monkey

   Synonym: (Louisiana) macaque m

2. ape
3. (derogatory) foolish or mischievous man
4. (derogatory) shrewd man

   Synonym: renard

   Ne laisse personne entrer dans cette pièce, surtout ce singe-ci.

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5. (slang) hierarchical superior

   ― Allons voir le vieux singe ! soupira Maigret, qui n’avait jamais pu sentir le juge Coméliau.

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Derived terms

• ce n’est pas à un vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire des grimaces
• désespoir des singes
• désespoir du singe
• faire le singe
• grand singe
• malin comme un singe
• singe laineux
• singe savant
• singe vert
• singe-écureuil
• singe-homme
• singer
• singerie

 

Related terms

• simiesque

See also

• guenon f

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• geins, ignés, signe, signé

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪŋə/

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Verb

singe

1. inflection of singen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋə/

Verb

singe

1. to sing

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	singe
participle	gesung
auxiliary	hon
	present indicative	imperative
ich	singe	—
du	singst	sing
er/sie/es	singd	—
meer	singe	—
deer	singd	singd
sie	singe	—
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Middle English

Verb

singe

1. Alternative form of singen

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sīmius.

Noun

singe oblique singular, m (oblique plural singes, nominative singular singes, nominative plural singe)

1. monkey (animal)

Descendants

• French: singe
• Norman: sînge (Jersey)
• Walloon: séndje

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German singen, Dutch zingen, English sing, Swedish sjunga.

Verb

singe

1. to sing

Sathmar Swabian

Verb

singe

1. to sing

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

Swahili

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سونگو (süngü).

Pronunciation

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Noun

singe (n class, plural singe)

1. bayonet