signer
English
Etymology
sign + -er.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)
Noun
signer (plural signers)
- One who signs something.
- John Hancock is a famous signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- Synonym: signatory
- One who uses sign language.
Translations
one who signs
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one who uses sign language
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Anagrams
- Greins, Negris, Singer, nigres, re-nigs, re-sign, reigns, renigs, resign, resing, ringes, singer
French
Etymology
From a modification, based on signe, of Old French seignier, itself from Latin signāre, present active infinitive of signō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.ɲe/
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Verb
signer
- (transitive) to sign (put a signature on)
- to sign (communicate using sign language)
Conjugation
Conjugation of signer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | signer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | signant /si.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | signé /si.ɲe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(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/ | |
past historic2 | signai /si.ɲe/ | signas /si.ɲa/ | signa /si.ɲa/ | signâmes /si.ɲam/ | signâtes /si.ɲat/ | signèrent /si.ɲɛʁ/ | |
future | signerai /si.ɲə.ʁe/ | signeras /si.ɲə.ʁa/ | signera /si.ɲə.ʁa/ | signerons /si.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | signerez /si.ɲə.ʁe/ | signeront /si.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | signerais /si.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | signerais /si.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | signerait /si.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | signerions /si.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ | signeriez /si.ɲə.ʁje/ | signeraient /si.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | signe /siɲ/ | signes /siɲ/ | signe /siɲ/ | signions /si.ɲjɔ̃/ | signiez /si.ɲje/ | signent /siɲ/ |
imperfect2 | signasse /si.ɲas/ | signasses /si.ɲas/ | signât /si.ɲa/ | signassions /si.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ | signassiez /si.ɲa.sje/ | signassent /si.ɲas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | signe /siɲ/ | — | signons /si.ɲɔ̃/ | signez /si.ɲe/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- signer son arrêt de mort
Related terms
- signe
Descendants
- Khmer: ស៊ីញេ (siiɲeɛ)
Further reading
- “signer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- singer
Latin
Verb
signer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of signō
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
signer
- imperative of signere
Old French
Alternative forms
- sainer
- seigner
- seignier
- seingner
- sainier
- seiner
- seinner
- sener
- ceiner
Etymology
First known attestation circa 1230[1]. Borrowed (in this form) from Latin signō, signāre. Cf. the inherited form seignier.
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 | ||||||
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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 | — |
Descendants
- → English: sign
- French: signer
References
- Etymology and history of “signer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- 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