singe
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
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VerbEdit
singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singeing, simple past and past participle singed)
- (transitive) To burn slightly.
- L'Estrange
- I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
- L'Estrange
- (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
- (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
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NounEdit
singe (plural singes)
- A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
ReferencesEdit
- singe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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NounEdit
singe m (plural singes)
SynonymsEdit
- (monkey): (Louisiana) macaque m
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Further readingEdit
- “singe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
singe
- inflection of singen:
HunsrikEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
singe
- to sing
Further readingEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
VerbEdit
singe
- Alternative form of singen
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
singe m (oblique plural singes, nominative singular singes, nominative plural singe)
- monkey (animal)
DescendantsEdit
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Compare German singen, Dutch zingen, English sing, Swedish sjunga.
VerbEdit
singe
- to sing
Sathmar SwabianEdit
VerbEdit
singe
- to sing
ReferencesEdit
- Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)
SwahiliEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish سونگو (süngü).
NounEdit
singe (n class, plural singe)