# signe
## 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; […]

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsiŋ.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsiŋ.ne]
* Homophone: cigne

### Noun

signe m (plural signes)
* sign (clarification of this definition is needed)

#### Derived terms

* signe d'admiració
* signe d'exclamació
* signe d'interrogació

### Further reading

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

## 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

* IPA: /siɲ/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Homophones: cygne, cygnes, signent, signes
* Rhymes: -iɲ

### 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

* indice
* trace

#### Derived terms

* en signe de
* faire signe
* langue des signes
* ne pas donner signe de vie
* signe de croix
* signe de ponctuation
* signe dur
* signe mou

### Verb

signe
* inflection of signer:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* geins, ignés, singe

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French signe, borrowed from Latin signum.

### Noun

signe m (plural signes)
* sign; signal

#### Descendants

* French: signe

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* signa (a-infinitive)

### 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

* “signe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* sine

### 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

* Middle French: signe
** French: signe

### References

* 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

## Spanish
### Verb

signe
* inflection of signar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Verb

signe
* (dated) subjunctive of signa

### Anagrams

* Inges