different between signe vs autograph

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin signum. Doublet of the inherited seny.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?si?.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?si?.ne/
• Homophone: cigne

Noun

signe m (plural signes)

1. sign (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “signe” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Middle French signe, from Old French signe, from Latin signum. Doublet of seing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?/
• Homophones: cygne, cygnes, signent, signes
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

signe m (plural signes)

1. sign (indicator; indication; mathematical polarity)
2. gesture

Synonyms

• indice
• trace

Derived terms

Verb

signe

1. first-person singular present indicative of signer
2. third-person singular present indicative of signer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of signer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of signer
5. second-person singular imperative of signer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• geins, ignés, singe

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French signe, borrowed from Latin signum.

Noun

signe m (plural signes)

1. sign; signal

Descendants

• French: signe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• signa (a-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse signa, from Latin s?gn?. Doublet of signere.

Verb

signe (present tense signar, past tense signa, past participle signa, passive infinitive signast, present participle signande, imperative sign)

1. (transitive) to bless
2. (transitive, Christianity) to make the sign of the cross upon

References

• “signe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• sine

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin signum. Compare the inherited seing.

Noun

signe m (oblique plural signes, nominative singular signes, nominative plural signe)

1. sign; signal

Descendants

• Middle French: signe
  • French: signe

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (signe, supplement)
• signe on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Spanish

Verb

signe

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of signar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of signar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of signar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of signar.

Swedish

Verb

signe

1. subjunctive of signa.

English

Etymology

From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek ?????????? (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- +? -graph.

Noun

autograph (plural autographs)

1. A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
2. A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.

Synonyms

• (person’s own handwriting or signature): signature, inscription
• (manuscript in author’s hand): protograph, holograph, archetype, original

Translations

Adjective

autograph (not comparable)

1. Written in the author’s own handwriting.
2. (art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
   • 1979, Nancy L Pressly, The Fuseli Circle in Rome, Yale Center for British Art, p. 37:

     Schiff […] believes most of the drawings are autograph.

   • 1992, Malise Forbes Adam & Mary Mauchline, in Wendy Wassyng Roworth (ed.), Angelica Kauffman, Reaktion Books 1992, p. 116:

     Not surprisingly, he attributed to Kauffman two important works that are no longer accepted as autograph.

Translations

Verb

autograph (third-person singular simple present autographs, present participle autographing, simple past and past participle autographed)

1. (transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
2. (transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting

Translations