"signet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪɡ.nɪt/ [US] Audio: En-us-cygnet.ogg Forms: signets [plural]
Etymology: From Old French signet (“small seal”), from Medieval Latin signētum, diminutive of Latin signum (“sign”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{der|en|fro|signet||small seal}} Old French signet (“small seal”), {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|la|signum||sign}} Latin signum (“sign”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} signet (plural signets)
  1. (historical) An object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin. Tags: historical Derived forms: signet ring Related terms: seal, signal, signature, siglum Translations (object used to impress a picture into sealing wax): σφραγίς (sphragís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), личен печат (ličen pečat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), segell [masculine] (Catalan), sigelringo (english: signet ring) (Esperanto), sinettisormus (english: ring) (Finnish), sinettileimasin (Finnish), sinetti [general] (Finnish), Signet [neuter] (German), خاتم (hatem) (Ottoman Turkish), sygnet [masculine] (Polish), sinete [masculine] (Portuguese), печа́тка (pečátka) [feminine] (Russian), sello [masculine] (Spanish), печа́тка (pečátka) (Ukrainian)

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