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English
Noun
signe (plural signes)
- Obsolete spelling of sign.
1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 49:But yet it is not enough that the ſickneſle by the ſymptomes and ſignes be plainly diſcerned; […]
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin signum. Doublet of the inherited seny (now obsolete in this sense) and senya (via the Latin plural signa).
Pronunciation
Noun
signe m (plural signes)
- sign (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
Further reading
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French and Old French signe, a borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of seing, which was inherited through Vulgar Latin.
Pronunciation
Noun
signe m (plural signes)
- sign (indicator; indication; mathematical polarity)
- Najoua Belyzel, Gabriel
Es-tu fait pour lui ? Es-tu fait pour moi ? Je n’attends qu’un signe de toi.- Are you made for him? Are you made for me? I'm just waiting for a sign from you.
- en signe de reconnaissance ― as a sign of gratitude
- en signe d’affection ― as a sign of affection
- gesture
Synonyms
Derived terms
Verb
signe
- inflection of signer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French signe, borrowed from Latin signum.
Noun
signe m (plural signes)
- sign; signal
Descendants
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse signa, from Latin sīgnō. Doublet of signere.
Verb
signe (present tense signar, past tense signa, past participle signa, passive infinitive signast, present participle signande, imperative signe/sign)
- (transitive) to bless
- (transitive, Christianity) to make the sign of the cross upon
References
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin signum. Compare the inherited seing.
Noun
signe oblique singular, m (oblique plural signes, nominative singular signes, nominative plural signe)
- sign; signal
Descendants
References
Spanish
Verb
signe
- inflection of signar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swedish
Verb
signe
- (dated) subjunctive of signa
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