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Signe

Signe

See also: signe and signé

English

Proper noun

Signe

  1. an asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900

Danish

Etymology

Old Norse Signý. Name of heroines in Norse mythology.

Proper noun

Signe

  1. A female given name.

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1925. From Swedish and Danish Signe.

Proper noun

Signe f

  1. A female given name.

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
  • Population Register of Latvia: Signe was the only given name of 1562 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Signý.

Proper noun

Signe

  1. A female given name.

Swedish

Etymology

First recorded in Sweden in 1382. From Old Norse Signý. In Norse mythology the name of a princess who killed herself after her lover's death.

Proper noun

Signe

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes

  • Until the 19th century mainly used in Scania. Revived in the 19th century, popular around 1900 in Sweden, as well as in Denmark and Norway.

signe

signe

See also: Signe and signé

Catalan

Noun

signe m (plural signes)

  1. sign

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of seing.

Pronunciation

Noun

signe m (plural signes)

  1. sign (indicator; indication)
  2. gesture

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

signe

  1. first-person singular present indicative of signer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of signer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of signer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of signer
  5. second-person singular imperative of signer

Anagrams


Middle French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin signum.

Noun

signe m (plural signes)

  1. sign; signal

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin signum.

Noun

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

  1. sign; signal

References


Spanish

Verb

signe

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of signar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of signar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of signar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of signar.

Swedish

Verb

signe

  1. subjunctive of signa.