signore

signore

1. Alternative form of signor

• Reginos, eringos, ignores, ingoers, regions

• IPA^(key): /siˈɲo.re/, [s̪iɲˈɲoːr̺e]

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• Stress: signóre
• Hyphenation: si‧gno‧re

From earlier segnore, from Latin seniōrem, accusative of senior, comparative form of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos. Doublet of sire.

• segnore (archaic)

signore m (plural signori, feminine signora, feminine plural signore)

1. lord, gentleman
2. (used to address a man) sir (gentlemen is used for the plural)

   Sì, signore ― Yes, sir

   No, signori ― No, gentlemen

3. (often capitalized) Lord, God
   • c. 13y, Francis of Assisi, Cantico di Frate Sole [Canticle of the Sun]‎, printed by the Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco, page 2:

     Laudato ſi mi ſignore ᵱ ſora noſtra moꝛte coꝛᵱale, da la quale nullu hõ uiuẽte po ſkappare.

     Praised be you, my Lord, through our sister Bodily Death, from whose embrace no living person can escape.

See the etymology of the main entry.

signore f

1. plural of signora
2. feminine plural of signore

• Signor
• signora

• insorge, risegno, risegnò, segnori