singe

Etymology

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-Germanic *sangijaną (“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): /sɪnd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To burn slightly.
   • L'Estrange

     I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.

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.

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

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sīmius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃ʒ/

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Noun

singe m (plural singes)

1. monkey
2. ape

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• geins, ignés, signe, signé

Verb

singe

1. First-person singular present of singen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of singen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of singen.
4. Imperative singular of singen.

Etymology

From Latin sīmius.

Noun

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

1. monkey (animal)

Etymology

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

Verb

singe

1. to sing

Verb

singe

1. to sing

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

Etymology

From Turkish süngü.

Noun

singe (n class, plural singe)

1. bayonet