digne

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See also: digné

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English digne, from Old French digne, from Latin dignus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

digne (comparative more digne, superlative most digne)

  1. (obsolete) worthy; honourable; deserving; suitable.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dignus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

digne (feminine digna, masculine and feminine plural dignes)

  1. worthy, deserving
    Synonym: mereixedor
    Antonym: indigne
  2. decent

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French and Old French digne, a borrowing from Latin dignus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diɲ/
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  • Rhymes: -iɲ

Adjective

digne (plural dignes)

  1. worthy
    Antonym: indigne
    digne de foi ― trustworthy, credible
    digne de ce nom ― worth one's salt (literally, “worthy of that name”)
  2. having dignity; dignified
    Antonym: indigne

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Adjective

digne

  1. vocative masculine singular of dignus

Adverb

dignē (comparative dignius, superlative dignissimē)

  1. worthily, fittingly, becomingly

References

  • “digne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “digne”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • digne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French digne, from Latin dignus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiːn(ə)/, /ˈdi(n)ɡn(ə)/, /ˈdinɡ(ə)/

Adjective

digne

  1. worthy; honourable; deserving
  2. suitable; adequate; fit
  3. haughty; disdainful

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: digne

References

Portuguese

Verb

digne

  1. inflection of dignar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

digne

  1. only used in me digne, first-person singular present subjunctive of dignarse
  2. only used in se digne, third-person singular present subjunctive of dignarse
  3. only used in se ... digne, syntactic variant of dígnese, third-person singular imperative of dignarse
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