"signifier" meaning in French

See signifier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /si.ɲi.fje/, /si.ni.fje/ Audio: Fr-signifier.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French signifier, senefier, from Old French senefier, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin significāre, from signum (“mark, sign, emblem”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|signifier|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French signifier, {{inh+|fr|frm|signifier}} Inherited from Middle French signifier, {{inh|fr|fro|senefier}} Old French senefier, {{der|fr|la|significō|significāre}} Latin significāre Head templates: {{fr-verb}} signifier Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], signifier [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], signifiant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], signifié [participle, past], signifie [first-person, indicative, present, singular], signifies [indicative, present, second-person, singular], signifie [indicative, present, singular, third-person], signifions [first-person, indicative, plural, present], signifiez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], signifient [indicative, plural, present, third-person], signifiais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], signifiais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], signifiait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], signifiions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], signifiiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], signifiaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], signifiai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], signifias [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], signifia [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], signifiâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], signifiâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], signifièrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], signifierai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], signifieras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], signifiera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], signifierons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], signifierez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], signifieront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], signifierais [conditional, first-person, singular], signifierais [conditional, second-person, singular], signifierait [conditional, singular, third-person], signifierions [conditional, first-person, plural], signifieriez [conditional, plural, second-person], signifieraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], signifie [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], signifies [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], signifie [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], signifiions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], signifiiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], signifient [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], signifiasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], signifiasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], signifiât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], signifiassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], signifiassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], signifiassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], signifie [imperative, second-person, singular], signifions [first-person, imperative, plural], signifiez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to signify, mean Tags: transitive Synonyms: indiquer, vouloir dire Derived forms: significatif, signification
    Sense id: en-signifier-fr-verb-fzeC1GST Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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