singe

See also: singé and sînge

English

Etymology

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“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/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To burn slightly.
   • 1702, Sir Roger L’Estrange (tr.), The Viſions of Dom Franciſco de Quevedo-Villegas, “The First Viſion of the Algouazil (or Catchpole) Poſſest”, 21:

     made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us

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

• Bulgarian: изгарям (bg) (izgarjam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燒灼 (zh), 烧灼 (zh) (shāozhuó), 燒焦 (zh), 烧焦 (zh) (shāojiāo)

• 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)
• Romanian: pârli (ro)
• Russian: подпа́ливать (ru) impf (podpálivatʹ), опаля́ть (ru) impf (opaljátʹ), пали́ть (ru) impf (palítʹ)
• Sanskrit: प्लोषति (sa) (ploṣati)
• 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

• Bulgarian: опърлям (bg) (opǎrljam)
• Galician: chamuscar
• German: absengen

• 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
3. (derogatory) foolish or mischievous man
4. (derogatory) shrewd man

   Synonym: renard

   Ne laisse personne entrer dans cette pièce, surtout ce singe-ci.

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5. (slang) hierarchical superior

   ― Allons voir le vieux singe ! soupira Maigret, qui n'avait jamais pu sentir le juge Coméliau.

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Synonyms

• (monkey): (Louisiana) macaque m

Derived terms

• ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire des grimaces
• désespoir des singes
• désespoir du singe
• faire le singe
• grand singe
• malin comme un singe
• singe-écureuil
• singe-homme
• singe laineux
• singer
• singerie
• singe savant
• singe vert

 

Related terms

• simiesque

See also

• guenon (female)

Further reading

• “singe” in 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. inflection of singen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋə/

Verb

singe

1. to sing

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Middle English

Verb

singe

1. Alternative form of singen

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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 Ottoman Turkish سونگو‎ (süngü).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

singe (n class, plural singe)

1. bayonet