signo

Verb

signo

1. first-person singular present indicative of signar

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

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)

Noun

signo (plural signos)

1. sign

Etymology

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

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, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

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

References

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