signate

English

Etymology

From Latin signatus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪɡneɪt/, /ˈsɪɡnət/

Adjective

signate (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Having definite colour markings;[1] bearing spots resembling letters.
  2. Designate.

References

  1. ^ “signate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

sīgnātus +‎ -ē

Adverb

sīgnātē (comparative sīgnātius, superlative sīgnātissimē)

  1. expressively, clearly, distinctly

Etymology 2

Verb

signāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of signō

References

  • “signate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "signate", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “signate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

signate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of signar combined with te
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