signer

English

Etymology

sign +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)

Noun

signer (plural signers)

1. One who signs something.

   John Hancock is a famous signer of the Declaration of Independence.

   Synonym: signatory

2. One who uses sign language.

Derived terms

• robo-signer

Translations

one who signs

• Catalan: signant (ca) m or f, signatari m, firmant (ca) m or f
• Finnish: allekirjoittaja (fi)
• Galician: asinante (gl) m or f, signatario (gl) m
• Hungarian: aláíró (hu)
• Portuguese: signatário (pt) m
• Spanish: firmante (es) m or f, signatario (es) m

one who uses sign language

• Finnish: viittomakielen käyttäjä
• Hungarian: jelelő
• Portuguese: sinalizador (pt) m
• Spanish: señante m,

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ɲe/

• Audio:

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Verb

signer

1. (transitive) to sign (put a signature on)
2. to sign (communicate using sign language)
3. (reflexive, Christianity) to cross oneself (make the sign of the cross)

Conjugation

Conjugation of signer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	signer
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• signer son arrêt de mort

Related terms

• signe

Descendants

• → Dutch: signeren
• → 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

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of signō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

signer

1. imperative of signere

Old French

Alternative forms

• sainer
• seigner
• seignier
• seingner
• sainier
• seiner
• seinner
• sener
• ceiner

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1230. Borrowed (in this form) from Latin signō, signāre. Cf. the inherited form seignier.

Verb

signer

1. 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
infinitive		signer			avoir signé
gerund		en signant			gerund of avoir + 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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + 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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	signe	—	signons	signez	—

Descendants

• → English: sign
• French: signer

References

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