English edit

Etymology edit

signal +‎ -ment

Noun edit

signalment (countable and uncountable, plural signalments)

  1. The act of signalling, or of signalizing.
  2. A description based on specific traits.
    • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sixth Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, [], published 1857, →OCLC:
      Could they find a girl and child,
      No other signalment but girl and child?
      No data shown but noticeable eyes
      And hair in masses, low upon the brow,
      As if it were an iron crown and pressed?

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Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French signalement.

Noun edit

signalment n (plural signalmente)

  1. physical description (BOLO, APB)

Declension edit