singe
See also: singé and sînge
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(key): /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 (Please provide the book title or journal name)[21]:
- made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us
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- (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
to burn slightly
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to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame
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Noun
singe (plural singes)
- A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
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 J. Soter?], OCLC 79441532, 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 960102938, 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 1224733829, Act III, scene iv:
- [H]ere’s a couple of Syrenicall raſcals ſhall inchaunt yee: What ſhall they ſinge my good Lorde?
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References
- singe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Giens, Gines, Niges, Signe, gines, segni, sengi
Alemannic German
Etymology
Compare German singen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /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
From Middle French singe, from Old French singe, inherited from Latin sīmius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /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.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (slang) hierarchical superior
- ― Allons voir le vieux singe ! soupira Maigret, qui n'avait jamais pu sentir le juge Coméliau.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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-écureuil
- singe-homme
- singe laineux
- singer
- singerie
- singe savant
- singe vert
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(key): /ˈzɪŋə/
Audio (file)
Verb
singe
- inflection of singen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiŋə/
Verb
singe
- to sing
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Middle English
Verb
singe
- Alternative form of singen
Old French
Etymology
From Latin sīmius.
Noun
singe m (oblique plural singes, nominative singular singes, nominative plural singe)
- monkey (animal)
Descendants
- French: singe
- 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 (n class, plural singe)
- bayonet