"signifier" meaning in French

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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, {{m|frm|senefier}} senefier, {{inh|fr|fro|senefier}} Old French senefier, {{der|fr|la|significō|significāre}} Latin significāre, {{m|la|signum||mark, sign, emblem}} signum (“mark, sign, emblem”) 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: signification, significatif
    Sense id: en-signifier-fr-verb-fzeC1GST Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "French 3-syllable words",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French first group verbs",
        "French lemmas",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Middle French",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms inherited from Middle French",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with audio links",
        "French transitive verbs",
        "French verbs",
        "French verbs with conjugation -er"
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}

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