singe

See also: singé and sînge

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sɪnd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

VerbEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

• scorch

TranslationsEdit

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), scottarsi

• Japanese: 焦がす (ja) (こがす, kogasu)
• 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

• Maori: tāina

NounEdit

singe (plural singes)

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

ReferencesEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

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

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Latin sīmius.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃ʒ/

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NounEdit

singe m (plural singes)

1. monkey
2. ape

Derived termsEdit

• singer
• singerie

Related termsEdit

• simiesque

Further readingEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• geins, ignés, signe, signé

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GermanEdit

VerbEdit

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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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sīmius.

NounEdit

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

1. monkey (animal)

DescendantsEdit

• French: singe
• Norman: sînge (Jersey)

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Pennsylvania GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

VerbEdit

singe

1. to sing

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Sathmar SwabianEdit

VerbEdit

singe

1. to sing

ReferencesEdit

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

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SwahiliEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Turkish süngü.

NounEdit

singe (n class, plural singe)

1. bayonet