# songer
## English
### Etymology

Perhaps dialectally inherited from Middle English songere, from Old English sangere, from Proto-Germanic *sangwārijaz (“singer”), whence German Sänger, Dutch zanger etc. Equivalent to song +‎ -er. Alternatively newly formed from these components.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɒŋə(ɹ)

### Noun

songer (plural songers)
* (rare, nonstandard, sometimes humorous) A singer (of songs); a songster.
** 1902, Interstate Druggist, volume 3:If a man who plays at ping pong is a "ponger," Then a singer of a "singsong" is a "songer"; If the "songer" is a singer. Then the "ponger" is a "pinger," And the man who says it's wrong must be a "wronger."
** 1976, Katie Lee, Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle:Will he sing it, I wonder?" "Chantoozie, I ain't much of a songer any more. I just done that because I was told it was a colorful trait."
** 2012, Susan St. Francis, A Tale of the Bug Fairies:No sound of songers chirping or jumbies, foraging for nuts.

### Anagrams

* Egnors, Gerson, Gonser, Gorens, Groens, Negros, Ogrens, ergons, genros, goners, grones, negros, ornges, reongs

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Blend of song +‎ singer

### Noun

songer
* (humorous) a person (a nonsinger) with a surprisingly good singing voice

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French songer, from Old French songier, from Latin somniāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔ̃.ʒe/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

songer
* (intransitive, literary, with de) to dream
* (intransitive, with à) to think (about), consider (that)
* (intransitive) to ponder, to imagine, to consider
** 1820, Victor Hugo, Lettres à la Fiancée:Quant à moi, je suis tout joyeux quand je songe que tu es à moiAs for me, I am so happy when I imagine you are mine.
* (transitive, literary) to dream about
* (transitive) to be preoccupied by, with

#### Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written songe- 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.

#### Synonyms

* (to dream): rêver

#### Related terms

* songe
* songerie
* songeur, songeuse

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* en gros, gérons, rognes, ronges, rongés

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* songier

### Etymology

From Old French songier.

### Verb

songer
* to dream

#### Conjugation

* As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
* Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

#### Synonyms

* resver

#### Related terms

* songe

#### Descendants

* French: songer

## Old French
### Verb

songer
* Alternative form of songier

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.