singe

See also: singé and sînge

Contents

English

Etymology

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-Germanic *sangijaną (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Verb

singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singeing, simple past and past participle singed)

1. (transitive) To burn slightly.
   • L'Estrange

     I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.

2. (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
3. (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

Synonyms

• scorch

Derived terms

• singe one's wings

Translations

to burn slightly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燒灼 (zh), 烧灼 (zh) (shāozhuó), 灼 (zh) (zhuó)

• Dutch: aanbranden (nl)
• Finnish: paahtaa (fi)
• French: roussir (fr)
• Galician: chamuscar
• German: ansengen, versengen (de)
• Hungarian: pörköl (hu)
• Icelandic: svíða (is), brenna (is), sviðna, brenna lítillega
• Irish: tíor
• Italian: scottare (it), bruciacchiare (it)

• Japanese: 焦がす (ja) (こがす, kogasu)
• Latin: adūrō (la)
• Maori: ngunu, hunuhunu, whakapākākā, tāina
• Norman: roussi, traler
• Norwegian: svi
• Portuguese: chamuscar (pt)
• Russian: подпа́ливать (ru) impf (podpálivatʹ), опаля́ть (ru) impf (opaljátʹ), пали́ть (ru) impf (palítʹ)
• Santali: ᱨᱳ (ro)
• Spanish: chamuscar (es)
• Swedish: sveda (sv), bränna (sv)
• Telugu: కమలు (te) (kamalu)

to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame

• Galician: chamuscar

• Maori: tāina

Noun

singe (plural singes)

1. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

References

• singe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Giens, Gines, Niges, Signe, gines, segni, sengi

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sīmius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃ʒ/

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Noun

singe m (plural singes)

1. monkey
2. ape

Synonyms

• (monkey): (Louisiana) macaque m

Derived terms

• singer
• singerie

Related terms

• simiesque

Further reading

• “singe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• geins, ignés, signe, signé

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪŋə/

Verb

singe

1. First-person singular present of singen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of singen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of singen.
4. Imperative singular of singen.

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋə/

Verb

singe

1. to sing

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin sīmius.

Noun

singe m (oblique plural singes, nominative singular singes, nominative plural singe)

1. monkey (animal)

Descendants

• French: singe
• Norman: sînge (Jersey)

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German singen, Dutch zingen, English sing, Swedish sjunga.

Verb

singe

1. to sing

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Sathmar Swabian

Verb

singe

1. to sing

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

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Swahili

Etymology

From Turkish süngü.

Noun

singe (n class, plural singe)

1. bayonet