signe
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin signum. Doublet of the inherited seny (now obsolete in this sense) and senya (via the Latin plural signa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
signe m (plural signes)
- sign (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “signe” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French signe, from Old French signe, from Latin signum. Doublet of seing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
signe m (plural signes)
- 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
- Najoua Belyzel, Gabriel
- gesture
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
signe
- inflection of signer:
Further reading edit
- “signe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French signe, borrowed from Latin signum.
Noun edit
signe m (plural signes)
Descendants edit
- French: signe
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- signa (a-infinitive)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse signa, from Latin sīgnō. Doublet of signere.
Verb edit
signe (present tense signar, past tense signa, past participle signa, passive infinitive signast, present participle signande, imperative signe/sign)
- (transitive) to bless
- (transitive, Christianity) to make the sign of the cross upon
References edit
- “signe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin signum. Compare the inherited seing.
Noun edit
signe oblique singular, m (oblique plural signes, nominative singular signes, nominative plural signe)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (signe, supplement)
- signe on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Spanish edit
Verb edit
signe
- inflection of signar:
Swedish edit
Verb edit
signe
- (dated) subjunctive of signa