signo

See also: signó

Catalan

Verb

signo

1. first-person singular present indicative of signar

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin signum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsiɡno]

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• Rhymes: -iɡno
• Hyphenation: sig‧no

Noun

signo (accusative singular signon, plural signoj, accusative plural signojn)

1. sign, signal
2. character, mark

Derived terms

• demandosigno (“question mark”)
• ironisigno (“irony mark”)
• kaj-signo (“ampersand”)
• kridemandosigno (“interrobang”)
• krisigno (“exclamation mark”)

Related terms

• antaŭsigno (“portent, omen, indication”)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto signo, English sign, French signe, Italian segno, Spanish signo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.no/

Noun

signo (plural signi)

1. sign (natural or artificial), mark (indication)

Derived terms

• krucosigno (“the sign of the cross”)
• signizar (“to sign, put a sign on”)

Interlingua

Noun

signo (plural signos)

1. sign

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.

Proto-Italic *seknom

Latin signum

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin signo

From signum (“mark”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.noː/, [ˈs̠ɪŋnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɲ.ɲo/, [ˈsiɲːo]

Verb

signō (present infinitive signāre, perfect active signāvī, supine signātum); first conjugation

1. to mark, sign
2. to seal, stamp
3. to statue
4. (figuratively) to point out, to indicate, to express, to designate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of signō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	signō	signās	signat	signāmus	signātis	signant
	imperfect	signābam	signābās	signābat	signābāmus	signābātis	signābant
	future	signābō	signābis	signābit	signābimus	signābitis	signābunt
	perfect	signāvī	signāvistī	signāvit	signāvimus	signāvistis	signāvērunt, signāvēre
	pluperfect	signāveram	signāverās	signāverat	signāverāmus	signāverātis	signāverant
	future perfect	signāverō	signāveris	signāverit	signāverimus	signāveritis	signāverint
passive	present	signor	signāris, signāre	signātur	signāmur	signāminī	signantur
	imperfect	signābar	signābāris, signābāre	signābātur	signābāmur	signābāminī	signābantur
	future	signābor	signāberis, signābere	signābitur	signābimur	signābiminī	signābuntur
	perfect	signātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	signātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	signātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	signem	signēs	signet	signēmus	signētis	signent
imperfect	signārem	signārēs	signāret	signārēmus	signārētis	signārent
perfect	signāverim	signāverīs	signāverit	signāverīmus	signāverītis	signāverint
pluperfect	signāvissem	signāvissēs	signāvisset	signāvissēmus	signāvissētis	signāvissent
passive	present	signer	signēris, signēre	signētur	signēmur	signēminī	signentur
imperfect	signārer	signārēris, signārēre	signārētur	signārēmur	signārēminī	signārentur
perfect	signātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	signātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	signā	—	—	signāte	—
	future	—	signātō	signātō	—	signātōte	signantō
passive	present	—	signāre	—	—	signāminī	—
	future	—	signātor	signātor	—	—	signantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		signāre	signāvisse	signātūrum esse	signārī	signātum esse	signātum īrī
participles		signāns	—	signātūrus	—	signātus	signandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		signandī	signandō	signandum	signandō	signātum	signātū

Derived terms

• assignō
• cōnsignō
• dēsignō
• insignō
• obsignō
• resignō
• signāculum
• subsignō

Descendants

• Catalan: senyar
• Friulian: segnâ
• Galician: asinar
• Italian: segnare
• Occitan: senhar
• Romanian: semna
• Sicilian: signari, sincari, sinnari
• Spanish: señar
• → Albanian: shënoj
• → Catalan: signar
• → Old French: signer
  • → French: signer
    • → German: signieren
  • → English: sign
• → Proto-Germanic: *segnōną (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: signar

Noun

signō n

1. dative/ablative singular of signum (“sign”)

References

• “signo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “signo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• signo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to seal, fasten a letter: epistulam signare, obsignare
    
  • (ambiguous) statues and pictures: signa et tabulae (pictae)
    
  • (ambiguous) to begin the march, break up the camp: signa ferre, tollere
    
  • (ambiguous) to deviate, change the direction: signa convertere (B. G. 1. 25)
    
  • (ambiguous) to follow the standards: signa sequi (opp. a signis discedere, signa relinquere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to pluck up the standards out of the ground (to begin the march): signa convellere (vid. sect. XVI. 6, note signa...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to attack the enemy: signa inferre in hostem
    
  • (ambiguous) to come to close quarters: signa conferre cum hoste
    
  • (ambiguous) the retreat is sounded: signa receptui canunt
    
• signo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of sino, senho, senha, and sinal.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡi.nu/, /ˈsiɡ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡi.nu/, /ˈsiɡ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.no/, /ˈsi.ɡi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡnu/ [ˈsi.ɣnu]

• Hyphenation: sig‧no

Noun

signo m (plural signos)

1. zodiac sign

Further reading

• “signo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡno/ [ˈsiɣ̞.no]
• Rhymes: -iɡno
• Syllabification: sig‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin signum. Compare sino, seña and señal.

Noun

signo m (plural signos)

1. sign, indication
2. Clipping of signo zodiacal (“zodiac sign”)

Derived terms

• lengua de signos
• signo de exclamación
• signo de interrogación
• signo del zodíaco
• signo igual
• signo negativo
• signo positivo
• signo zodiacal
• signos vitales

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

signo

1. first-person singular present indicative of signar

Further reading

• “signo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish signo. Doublet of signos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡno/ [ˈsiɡ.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -iɡno
• Syllabification: sig‧no

Noun

signo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ᜔ᜈᜓ)

1. sign; emblem; symbol

   Synonyms: sagisag, tanda, simbolo

Derived terms

• signo ng sodyako

Related terms

• senyas

 

References

• “signo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018