different between signer vs cosigner

English

Etymology

sign +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?n?(?)

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.

Translations

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 sign?re, present active infinitive of sign?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.?e/

Verb

signer

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

• signer son arrêt de mort

Related terms

• signe

Descendants

• Khmer: ????? (sii?e?)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• singer

Latin

Verb

signer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of sign?

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

signer

1. imperative of signere

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1230. Borrowed (in this form) from Latin sign?, sign?re. 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.

Descendants

• ? English: sign
• French: signer

References

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

English

Etymology

co- +? signer or cosign +? -er

Noun

cosigner (plural cosigners)

1. A cosignatory
2. (law) A person who accepts joint responsibility for the debt of another

Translations

Anagrams

• cogniser

French

Etymology

co- +? signer

Verb

cosigner

1. To cosign

Conjugation