insigne
See also: Insigne
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin.
Noun edit
insigne (plural insignia)
- (dated) An insignia.
- 1985, The Baker Street Journal, volume 35/36, page 165:
- Elizabeth will give this work of art her regal scrutiny (and, no doubt, a trial run) before granting her imprimatur for the embroidering in gold thread of the royal insigne: er.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French insigne, from Latin īnsīgne.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
insigne n (plural insignes)
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
insigne (plural insignes)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Latin īnsigne, nominalised neuter of insignis. Doublet of enseigne.
Noun edit
insigne m (plural insignes)
- a badge
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: insigne
Further reading edit
- “insigne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
insigne (plural insigni)
Further reading edit
- insigne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
A nominalization of the neuter nominative case form of īnsignis (“marked, distinguished”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈsiɡ.ne/, [ĩːˈs̠ɪŋnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈsiɲ.ɲe/, [inˈsiɲːe]
Adjective edit
insigne
Noun edit
īnsigne n (genitive īnsignis); third declension
- a distinguishing mark, emblem, badge
- an ensign, an honour, a badge of honour
- a coat of arms
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | īnsigne | īnsignia |
Genitive | īnsignis | īnsignium |
Dative | īnsignī | īnsignibus |
Accusative | īnsigne | īnsignia |
Ablative | īnsignī | īnsignibus |
Vocative | īnsigne | īnsignia |
Derived terms edit
- īnsigniārius (“a keeper of insignia”, noun)
Descendants edit
- Latin: īnsignia
- → English: insigne
- → French: insigne
- → Dutch: insigne
References edit
- “insigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insigne in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- insigne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “insigne”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “insigne”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
insigne m or f (masculine and feminine plural insignes)
- distinguished, illustrious
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- Pero debemos decir que esto y otras cosas municipales de que habló el insigne Amarillo, como el acuerdo recién tomado por el Ayuntamiento de llamar en lo sucesivo plaza de Lantigua a la plazoleta de la Charca, y colocar una corona en el sepulcro que se estaba labrando al Sr. D. Juan, no fueron sino pretextos que el alcalde tomaba para hablar de un asunto de vivísimo interés para él.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2013, Raúl D. Montoya, La Herencia De El Encanto:
- el insigne abogado podía haberse lucido en los altos círculos de la sociedad xalapeña
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- “insigne”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014