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signer

English edit

Etymology edit

sign +‎ -er.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

signer (plural signers)

  1. One who signs something.
    John Hancock is a famous signer of the Declaration of Independence.
    Synonym: signatory
  2. One who uses sign language.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

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French edit

Etymology edit

From a modification, based on signe, of Old French seignier, itself from Latin signāre.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /si.ɲe/
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Verb edit

signer

  1. (transitive) to sign (put a signature on)
  2. to sign (communicate using sign language)
  3. (reflexive, Christianity) to cross oneself (make the sign of the cross)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of signer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple signer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple signant
/si.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle signé
/si.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present signe
/siɲ/ 		signes
/siɲ/ 		signe
/siɲ/ 		signons
/si.ɲɔ̃/ 		signez
/si.ɲe/ 		signent
/siɲ/
imperfect signais
/si.ɲɛ/ 		signais
/si.ɲɛ/ 		signait
/si.ɲɛ/ 		signions
/si.ɲjɔ̃/ 		signiez
/si.ɲje/ 		signaient
/si.ɲɛ/
past historic2 signai
/si.ɲe/ 		signas
/si.ɲa/ 		signa
/si.ɲa/ 		signâmes
/si.ɲam/ 		signâtes
/si.ɲat/ 		signèrent
/si.ɲɛʁ/
future signerai
/si.ɲə.ʁe/ 		signeras
/si.ɲə.ʁa/ 		signera
/si.ɲə.ʁa/ 		signerons
/si.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ 		signerez
/si.ɲə.ʁe/ 		signeront
/si.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional signerais
/si.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		signerais
/si.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		signerait
/si.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		signerions
/si.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		signeriez
/si.ɲə.ʁje/ 		signeraient
/si.ɲə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present signe
/siɲ/ 		signes
/siɲ/ 		signe
/siɲ/ 		signions
/si.ɲjɔ̃/ 		signiez
/si.ɲje/ 		signent
/siɲ/
imperfect2 signasse
/si.ɲas/ 		signasses
/si.ɲas/ 		signât
/si.ɲa/ 		signassions
/si.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ 		signassiez
/si.ɲa.sje/ 		signassent
/si.ɲas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — signe
/siɲ/ 		— signons
/si.ɲɔ̃/ 		signez
/si.ɲe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Dutch: signeren
  • → Khmer: ស៊ីញេ (siiɲeɛ)

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Verb edit

signer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of signō

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Verb edit

signer

  1. imperative of signere

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

First known attestation circa 1230.[1] Borrowed (in this form) from Latin signō, signāre. Cf. the inherited form seignier.

Verb edit

signer

  1. to sign (put one's signature or one's seal on a document, etc.)

Conjugation edit

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of signer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive signer avoir signé
gerund en signant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle signant
past participle signé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present sing signes signe signons signez signent
imperfect signoie, signeie, signoe, signeve signoies, signeies, signoes, signeves signoit, signeit, signot, signeve signiiens, signiens signiiez, signiez signoient, signeient, signoent, signevent
preterite signai signas signa signames signastes signerent
future signerai signeras signera signerons signeroiz, signereiz, signerez signeront
conditional signeroie, signereie signeroies, signereies signeroit, signereit signeriiens, signeriens signeriiez, signeriez signeroient, signereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present sing sinz sint signons signez signent
imperfect signasse signasses signast signissons, signissiens signissoiz, signissez, signissiez signassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— signe — signons signez —

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Etymology and history of “signer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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