signe

Borrowed from Latin signum. Doublet of the inherited seny (now obsolete in this sense) and senya (via the Latin plural signa).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsiŋ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈsiŋ.ne]
• Homophone: cigne

signe m (plural signes)

1. sign (clarification of this definition is needed)

• “signe” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Inherited from Middle French and Old French signe, a borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of seing, which was inherited through Vulgar Latin.

• IPA^(key): /siɲ/

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• Homophones: cygne, cygnes, signent, signes
• Rhymes: -iɲ

signe m (plural signes)

1. 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

2. gesture

• indice
• trace

signe

1. inflection of signer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “signe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• geins, ignés, singe

From Old French signe, borrowed from Latin signum.

signe m (plural signes)

1. sign; signal

• French: signe

• signa (a-infinitive)

From Old Norse signa, from Latin sīgnō. Doublet of signere.

signe (present tense signar, past tense signa, past participle signa, passive infinitive signast, present participle signande, imperative signe/sign)

1. (transitive) to bless
2. (transitive, Christianity) to make the sign of the cross upon

• “signe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• sine

Borrowed from Latin signum. Compare the inherited seing.

signe oblique singular, m (oblique plural signes, nominative singular signes, nominative plural signe)

1. sign; signal

• Middle French: signe
  • French: signe

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (signe, supplement)
• signe on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

signe

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

signe

1. (dated) subjunctive of signa

• Inges