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"etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*sek-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*sekʷ-", "id": "follow" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fro", "3": "segnal" }, "expansion": "Old French segnal", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "fro", "2": "seignal" }, "expansion": "seignal", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ML.", "3": "signāle" }, "expansion": "Medieval Latin signāle", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "LL.", "3": "signālis" }, "expansion": "Late Latin signālis", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "signum" }, "expansion": "Latin signum", "name": "der" } ], "etymology_text": "From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s).", "forms": [ { "form": "signals", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], 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"tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sinjal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔišāra", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "إِشَارَة" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azdanšan", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "ազդանշան" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azdak", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "ազդակ" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "siqnal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "sihnál", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сігна́л" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "znak", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "знак" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "iśara", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "ইশারা" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "śoṅket", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "সংকেত" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "signál", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сигна́л" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "lakhka.na", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "လက္ခဏာ" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "senyal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "信號" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "xìnhào", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "信号" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "znamení" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "signál" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "signal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "signaal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "sein" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "signalo" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "signaal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "merkki" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "signaali" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "signal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sinal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "signali", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "სიგნალი" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Signal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "síma", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "σήμα" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "ot", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "אוֹת" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "signál", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "סִיגְנָל" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saṅket", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "संकेत" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "iśārā", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "इशारा" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "jel" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "jelzés" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "jeladás" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "hu", "english": "driving", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "index" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "hu", "english": "a tune", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "szignál" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "isyarat" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "anggai" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "segnale" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "alt": "しんごう", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "shingō", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "信号" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "alt": "あいず", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "aizu", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "合図" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "signal", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "сигнал" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "tɑmroy", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "តម្រុយ" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "sɑɑsɑngkeet", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "សង្កេត" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "saññaa", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "សញ្ញា" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "alt": "信號", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "sinho", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "신호" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "signal", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "сигнал" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "san nyān", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "ສັນຍານ" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "signāls" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "signalas" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "signal", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сигнал" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "isyarat" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "doxio", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "Cyrillic" ], "word": "дохио" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "dokiy-a", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "Mongolian" ], "word": "ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠ" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "signal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "signal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "işaret", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "اشارت" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "ešārá", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "اشاره" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "signál", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "سيګنل" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ps", "lang": "Pashto", "roman": "zignãl", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "زيګنال" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "signâl", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "سیگنال" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "ešâre", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "اشاره" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sygnał" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sinal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "semnal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "signál", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сигна́л" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "znak", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "знак" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "masculine" ], "word": "сѝгна̄л" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "Roman", "masculine" ], "word": "sìgnāl" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "znamenie" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "signál" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "signal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "señal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "ishara" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "signal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "išora", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "ишора" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "išorat", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "ишорат" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "tg", "lang": "Tajik", "roman": "signal", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "сигнал" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "alt": "1", "code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "sañjña", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "సంజ్ఞ" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "saṅkētaṁ", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "సంకేతం" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǎn-yaan", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "สัญญาณ" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "sinyal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": "signal" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "syhnál", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сигна́л" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "znak", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "знак" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "iśāra", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "اشاره" }, { "_dis1": "4 1 70 5 3 1 9 2 3 2", "code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "signal", "sense": "sign made to give notice", "word": 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electromagnetic action that conveys information", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "señal" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "signal" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information", "word": "sinyal" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information", "word": "tín hiệu" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "action, change or process to convey information", "word": "signalo" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "action, change or process to convey information", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "señal" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "znak", "sense": "foreshadowing", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "знак" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "foreshadowing", "word": "enne" }, { "code": 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"Hungarian", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "jelöl" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "indexel" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "segnalare" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "indicare" }, { "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "signalizuoti" }, { "code": "mi", "english": "by using hands", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "rota" }, { "code": "mi", "english": "by using hands", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "rotarota" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "note": "with smoke", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "whakapua" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "note": "with a call", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "hū" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "signalizírovatʹ", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "сигнализи́ровать" }, { "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "sincalijari" }, { "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "sinnari" }, { "code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "nnicari" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to indicate", "word": "señalar" } ], "word": "signal" } { "categories": [ "en:Directives", "en:Rail transportation" ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*sek-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*sekʷ-", "id": "follow" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fro", "3": "segnal" }, "expansion": "Old French segnal", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "fro", "2": "seignal" }, "expansion": "seignal", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ML.", "3": "signāle" }, "expansion": "Medieval Latin signāle", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "LL.", "3": "signālis" }, "expansion": "Late Latin signālis", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "signum" }, 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astray.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement." ], "tags": [ "not-comparable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡnəl/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪɡnəl" }, { "audio": "En-us-signal.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg/En-us-signal.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/En-us-signal.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" }, { "enpr": "sĭgʹnəl" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "eminent" }, { "word": "noteworthy" }, { "word": "significant" }, { "word": "important" }, { "word": "notable" }, { "word": "signall" } ], "word": "signal" }
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