insigne

Latin

insigne (plural insignia)

1. (dated) An insignia.

• ingines, seining

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.siɲ/

Borrowed from Latin insignis.

insigne (plural insignes)

1. (literary) remarkable, distinguished

Borrowed from Latin insigne, nominalised neuter of insignis. Doublet of enseigne.

insigne m (plural insignes)

1. a badge

• “insigne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

insigne (masculine and feminine plural insigni)

1. great, distinguished, renowned

• grande, celebre, rinomato

• insegni

From īnsignis (“marked, distinguished”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈsiɡ.ne/, [ĩːˈsɪŋ.nɛ]

īnsigne n (genitive īnsignis); third declension

1. a distinguishing mark, emblem, badge
2. an ensign, an honour, a badge of honour
3. a coat of arms

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

• English: ensign, insignia
• French: insigne
• Italian: insegna
• Portuguese: insígnia
• Spanish: insignia, enseña

• insigne in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• insigne in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• insigne in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• insigne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• insigne in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• insigne in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

insigne (plural insignes)

1. distinguished, illustrious