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Webster 1913 Edition
Signer
Sign′er
,Noun.
One who signs or subscribes his name;
as, a memorial with a hundred
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Webster 1828 Edition
Signer
SIGNER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
signer
signer
English
Noun
signer (plural signers)
- One who signs something.
- John Hancock is a famous signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- One who uses sign language.
Synonyms
Translations
one who signs
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one who uses sign language
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From a modification, based on signe, of Old French seignier, itself from Latin signāre, present active infinitive of signō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siɲe/
Verb
signer
- to sign (put a signature on)
- to sign (communicate using sign language)
Conjugation
Conjugation of signer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | signer | avoir signé | |||||
| gerund | en signant | en ayant signé | |||||
| present participle | signant /si.ɲɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | signé /si.ɲe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | signe /siɲ/ |
signes /siɲ/ |
signe /siɲ/ |
signons /si.ɲɔ̃/ |
signez /si.ɲe/ |
signent /siɲ/ |
| imperfect | signais /si.ɲɛ/ |
signais /si.ɲɛ/ |
signait /si.ɲɛ/ |
signions /si.ɲjɔ̃/ |
signiez /si.ɲje/ |
signaient /si.ɲɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | signai /si.ɲe/ |
signas /si.ɲa/ |
signa /si.ɲa/ |
signâmes /si.ɲam/ |
signâtes /si.ɲat/ |
signèrent /si.ɲɛʁ/ |
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| future | signerai /siɲ.ʁe/ |
signeras /siɲ.ʁa/ |
signera /siɲ.ʁa/ |
signerons /siɲ.ʁɔ̃/ |
signerez /siɲ.ʁe/ |
signeront /siɲ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | signerais /siɲ.ʁɛ/ |
signerais /siɲ.ʁɛ/ |
signerait /siɲ.ʁɛ/ |
signerions /si.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
signeriez /si.ɲə.ʁje/ |
signeraient /siɲ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | signe /siɲ/ |
signes /siɲ/ |
signe /siɲ/ |
signions /si.ɲjɔ̃/ |
signiez /si.ɲje/ |
signent /siɲ/ |
| imperfect1 |
signasse /si.ɲas/ |
signasses /si.ɲas/ |
signât /si.ɲa/ |
signassions /si.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
signassiez /si.ɲa.sje/ |
signassent /si.ɲas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | signe /siɲ/ |
— | signons /si.ɲɔ̃/ |
signez /si.ɲe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Khmer: ស៊ីញេ (siiɲeɛ)
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
First known attestation circa 1230[1]. Borrowing from Latin signō.
Verb
signer
- to sign (put one's signature or one's seal on a document, etc.)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of signer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | signer | avoir signé | |||||
| gerund | en signant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | signant | ||||||
| past participle | signé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | sing | signes | signe | signons | signez | signent |
| imperfect | signoie, signeie, signoe, signeve | signoies, signeies, signoes, signeves | signoit, signeit, signot, signeve | signiiens, signiens | signiiez, signiez | signoient, signeient, signoent, signevent | |
| preterite | signai | signas | signa | signames | signastes | signerent | |
| future | signerai | signeras | signera | signerons | signeroiz, signereiz, signerez | signeront | |
| conditional | signeroie, signereie | signeroies, signereies | signeroit, signereit | signeriiens, signeriens | signeriiez, signeriez | signeroient, signereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | sing | sinz | sint | signons | signez | signent |
| imperfect | signasse | signasses | signast | signissons, signissiens | signissoiz, signissez, signissiez | signassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | signe | — | signons | signez | — | ||
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References
- ↑ “signer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (signer, supplement)
- signer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub