different between singe vs sweal

English

Etymology

From Middle English sengen, from Old English sen?an, sæn??an (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Verb

singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singeing, simple past and past participle singed)

1. (transitive) To burn slightly.
   • 1702, Sir Roger L’Estrange (tr.), The Vi?ions of Dom Franci?co de Quevedo-Villegas, “The Fir? Vi?ion of the Algouazil (or Catchpole) Po??e?”, 21:

     made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us

2. (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
3. (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

Synonyms

• scorch

Derived terms

• singe one's wings

Translations

Noun

singe (plural singes)

1. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

References

• singe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Giens, Gines, Niges, Signe, gines, segni, sengi

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin s?mius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???/

Noun

singe m (plural singes)

1. monkey
2. ape
3. (derogatory) foolish or mischievous man
4. (derogatory) shrewd man

   Synonym: renard

5. (slang) hierarchical superior

Synonyms

• (monkey): (Louisiana) macaque m

Derived terms

Related terms

• simiesque

See also

• guenon (female)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• geins, ignés, signe, signé

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z???/

Verb

singe

1. inflection of singen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si??/

Verb

singe

1. to sing

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Middle English

Verb

singe

1. Alternative form of singen

Old French

Etymology

From Latin s?mius.

Noun

singe m (oblique plural singes, nominative singular singes, nominative plural singe)

1. monkey (animal)

Descendants

• French: singe
• Norman: sînge (Jersey)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German singen, Dutch zingen, English sing, Swedish sjunga.

Verb

singe

1. to sing

Sathmar Swabian

Verb

singe

1. to sing

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

Swahili

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (süngü).

Pronunciation

Noun

singe (n class, plural singe)

1. bayonet

English

Alternative forms

• swale

Etymology

From Middle English swelen, from Old English swelan (“to burn, be burnt up, inflame”, st vb) (compare Old English sw?lan (“to burn”, wk vb)), from Proto-Germanic *swelan? (“to smoulder, burn slowly, create a burningly cold sensation”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”). Cognate with Dutch zwelen (“to smoulder”), Low German swelen (“to smoulder”), German schwelen (“to smoulder”), Icelandic svala (“to cool”). Related to swelter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /swi?l/
• Rhymes: -i?l

Verb

sweal (third-person singular simple present sweals, present participle swealing, simple past and past participle swealed)

1. (intransitive) To burn slowly.
2. (intransitive) To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without feeding the flame.
3. (transitive) To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing.
4. (transitive, dialectal) To consume with fire; burn.
5. (transitive, dialectal) To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce.

Anagrams

• Swale, Wales, alews, lawes, swale, wales, weals