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.

Catalan

Noun

signe m ‎(plural signes)

1. sign

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of seing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɲ/
• Homophones: cygne, cygnes, signent, signes

Noun

signe m ‎(plural signes)

1. sign (indicator; indication)
2. gesture

Synonyms

• indice
• trace

Derived terms

• faire signe
• langue des signes
• signe de croix

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

• geins, ignés, singe

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin signum.

Noun

signe m (plural signes)

1. sign; signal

Old French

Alternative forms

• sine

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin signum.

Noun

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

1. sign; signal

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (signe, supplement)
• signe on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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.