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.

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French

Etymology

From a modification, based on signe, of Old French seignier, itself from Latin signāre, present active infinitive of signō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /si.ɲe/
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Verb

signer

  1. (transitive) to sign (put a signature on)
  2. to sign (communicate using sign language)

Conjugation
Conjugation of signer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle signant
/si.ɲɑ̃/
past participle signé
/si.ɲe/
infinitive
simple signer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple signant
/si.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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
/siɲ.ʁe/		 signeras
/siɲ.ʁa/		 signera
/siɲ.ʁa/		 signerons
/siɲ.ʁɔ̃/		 signerez
/siɲ.ʁe/		 signeront
/siɲ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional signerais
/siɲ.ʁɛ/		 signerais
/siɲ.ʁɛ/		 signerait
/siɲ.ʁɛ/		 signerions
/si.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/		 signeriez
/si.ɲə.ʁje/		 signeraient
/siɲ.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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Latin

Verb

sīgner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of sīgnō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

signer

  1. imperative of signere

Old French

Alternative forms
  • sainer
  • seigner
  • seignier
  • seingner
  • sainier

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1230[1]. 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 Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— signe — signons signez —

Descendants

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