signer

English

Etymology

From sign +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)

Noun

signer (plural signers)

1. One who signs something.

   Synonym: signatory

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

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/

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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

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).

Conjugation of signer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

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