# singe
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɪnd͡ʒ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

#### Verb

singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singeing, simple past and past participle singed)
* (transitive) To burn slightly.
** 1702, Sir Roger L’Estrange, “The Firﬆ Viſion of the Algouazil (or Catchpole) Poſſeﬆ”, in The Viſions of Dom Franciſco de Quevedo-Villegas'‎:made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us
* (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
* (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

##### Synonyms

* scorch

##### Derived terms

* singe one's wings

##### Translations
#### Noun

singe (plural singes)
* A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singing, simple past sange, past participle sunge)
* Obsolete form of sing.
** 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Judith xvj:[1–2], folio xxix, verso:Then ſange Iudith this ſonge vnto the LORDE: Begynne vnto the LORDE vpon the tabrettes, ſinge vnto the LORDE vpon the cymbals.
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 1:Lo I the man, whoſe Muſe whilome did maske, / As time her taught in lowly Sheapards weeds, / Am now enforſt a far unfitter taske, / For trumpets ſterne to change mine oaten reeds, / And ſinge of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds […]
** c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act III, scene iv:[H]ere’s a couple of Syrenicall raſcals ſhall inchaunt yee: What ſhall they ſinge my good Lorde?

### References

* “singe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* e-sign, gines, segni, Sieng, Isneg, sengi, Gines, Signe, Niges, Giens

## Alemannic German
### Etymology

Compare German singen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiŋə/

### Verb

singe (third-person singular simple present singt, past participle gsunge, auxiliary haa)
* to sing

#### Derived terms

* umesinge

#### Related terms

* Gsang
* Sänger

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French singe, from Old French singe, inherited from Latin sīmius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛ̃ʒ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

singe m (plural singes)
* monkey
    Synonym: (Louisiana) macaque m
* ape
* (derogatory) foolish or mischievous man
* (derogatory) shrewd man
    Synonym: renard
    Ne laisse personne entrer dans cette pièce, surtout ce singe-ci.Don't let anyone enter this room, especially that trickster.
* (slang) hierarchical superior
    ― Allons voir le vieux singe ! soupira Maigret, qui n’avait jamais pu sentir le juge Coméliau."Let's go see the old monkey!" sighed Maigret, who had never been able to stand Judge Coméliau.

#### Derived terms

* ce n’est pas à un vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire des grimaces
* désespoir des singes
* désespoir du singe
* faire le singe
* grand singe
* malin comme un singe
* singe laineux
* singe savant
* singe vert
* singe-écureuil
* singe-homme
* singer
* singerie

#### Related terms

* simiesque

#### See also

* guenon f

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* geins, ignés, signe, signé

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzɪŋə/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

singe
* inflection of singen:
** first-person singular present
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I
** singular imperative

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiŋə/

### Verb

singe
* to sing

#### Conjugation

The present participle is uncommonly used, but can be made with the suffix -end.

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Middle English
### Verb

singe
* Alternative form of singen

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsin.ɡe/, [ˈsiŋ.ɡe]

### Verb

singe
* inflection of singan:
** first-person singular present indicative
** singular present subjunctive

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin sīmius.

### Noun

singe oblique singular, m (oblique plural singes, nominative singular singes, nominative plural singe)
* monkey (animal)

#### Descendants

* French: singe
* Franc-Comtois: sindge
* Norman: sînge (Jersey)
* Walloon: séndje

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German singen, Dutch zingen, English sing, Swedish sjunga.

### Verb

singe
* to sing

## Sathmar Swabian
### Verb

singe
* to sing

### References

* Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سونگو (süngü).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

singe class IX (plural singe class X)
* bayonet

### References

* ↑ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2004) “Convergence of Languages on the East African Coast”, in Éva Ágnes Csató, Bo Isaksson, Carina Jahani, editors, Convergence of Languages on the East African Coast, London: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 359-374
* ↑ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2013) “The Baluchi of East Africa: Dynamics of Assimilation and Integration”, in The Journal of the Middle East and Africa‎, volume 4, number 2, →DOI, page 133 of 127-134