singer
See also: Singer
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing + -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋə/
- (General American) enPR: sĭng′ər IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋɚ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
NounEdit
singer (plural singers)
- A person who sings, often professionally.
- (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure. See square dance singer.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
person who sings
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female person who sings
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dance figure
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Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
singer (plural singers)
TranslationsEdit
person or device that singes
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AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
In at least the ape sense, from singe (“monkey”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
singer
ConjugationEdit
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written singe- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of singer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | singer | |||||
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| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | singeant /sɛ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | singé /sɛ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | singe /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
singes /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
singe /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
singeons /sɛ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
singez /sɛ̃.ʒe/ |
singent /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | singeais /sɛ̃.ʒɛ/ |
singeais /sɛ̃.ʒɛ/ |
singeait /sɛ̃.ʒɛ/ |
singions /sɛ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
singiez /sɛ̃.ʒje/ |
singeaient /sɛ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | singeai /sɛ̃.ʒe/ |
singeas /sɛ̃.ʒa/ |
singea /sɛ̃.ʒa/ |
singeâmes /sɛ̃.ʒam/ |
singeâtes /sɛ̃.ʒat/ |
singèrent /sɛ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | singerai /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
singeras /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
singera /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
singerons /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
singerez /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
singeront /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | singerais /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
singerais /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
singerait /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
singerions /sɛ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
singeriez /sɛ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
singeraient /sɛ̃ʒ.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 | singe /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
singes /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
singe /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
singions /sɛ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
singiez /sɛ̃.ʒje/ |
singent /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | singeasse /sɛ̃.ʒas/ |
singeasses /sɛ̃.ʒas/ |
singeât /sɛ̃.ʒa/ |
singeassions /sɛ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
singeassiez /sɛ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
singeassent /sɛ̃.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | singe /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
— | singeons /sɛ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
singez /sɛ̃.ʒe/ |
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| 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 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). | |||||||
Further readingEdit
- “singer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).