signer
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)
NounEdit
signer (plural signers)
- One who signs something.
- John Hancock is a famous signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- Synonym: signatory
- One who uses sign language.
TranslationsEdit
one who signs
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one who uses sign language
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AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From a modification, based on signe, of Old French seignier, itself from Latin signāre, present active infinitive of signō.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
signer
- (transitive) to sign (put a signature on)
- to sign (communicate using sign language)
ConjugationEdit
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 | 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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 only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Khmer: ស៊ីញេ (siiɲeɛ)
Further readingEdit
- “signer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
signer
Norwegian BokmålEdit
VerbEdit
signer
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
First known attestation circa 1230[1]. Borrowed (in this form) from Latin signō, signāre. Cf. the inherited form seignier.
VerbEdit
signer
- to sign (put one's signature or one's seal on a document, etc.)
ConjugationEdit
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 | ||||||
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| infinitive | signer | avoir signé | |||||
| gerund | en signant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | signe | — | signons | signez | — | ||
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “signer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (signer, supplement)
- signer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub