signe

See also: Signe and signé

English

Noun

signe (plural signes)

1. Obsolete spelling of sign.
   • 1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 49:

     But yet it is not enough that the ſickneſle by the ſymptomes and ſignes be plainly diſcerned; […]

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): (Valencia) [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 and Old French signe, a borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of seing, which was inherited through Vulgar Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɲ/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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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