signalment

English

Etymology

From signal +‎ -ment.

Noun

signalment (countable and uncountable, plural signalments)

1. The act of signalling, or of signalizing.
2. A description based on specific traits.
   • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sixth Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     Could they find a girl and child,
     No other signalment but girl and child?
     No data shown but noticeable eyes
     And hair in masses, low upon the brow,
     As if it were an iron crown and pressed?

Anagrams

• alignments, lamentings

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French signalement.

Noun

signalment n (plural signalmente)

1. physical description (BOLO, APB)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	signalment	signalmentul		signalmente	signalmentele
genitive-dative	signalment	signalmentului		signalmente	signalmentelor
vocative	signalmentule			signalmentelor