sign

Etymology 1
From, , , , , , from and , ; both from ; root uncertain. . Partially displaced native.

Noun



 * 1)  A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
 * 2) An omen.
 * 3)  A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, can be detected objectively by someone other than the patient.
 * 4) A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
 * 5)  Physical evidence left by an animal.
 * 6) A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
 * 7) A wonder; miracle; prodigy.
 * 8)  An astrological sign.
 * 9)  Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.
 * 10) A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
 * 11)  Sign language in general.
 * 12) A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language);  a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept.
 * 13) A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
 * 1)  Physical evidence left by an animal.
 * 2) A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
 * 3) A wonder; miracle; prodigy.
 * 4)  An astrological sign.
 * 5)  Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.
 * 6) A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
 * 7)  Sign language in general.
 * 8) A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language);  a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept.
 * 9) A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
 * 1) A wonder; miracle; prodigy.
 * 2)  An astrological sign.
 * 3)  Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.
 * 4) A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
 * 5)  Sign language in general.
 * 6) A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language);  a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept.
 * 7) A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
 * 1) A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
 * 2)  Sign language in general.
 * 3) A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language);  a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept.
 * 4) A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
 * 1) A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language);  a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept.
 * 2) A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
 * 1) A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
 * 1) A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
 * 1) A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
 * 1) A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: teken
 * Aklanon: tanda'
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: إِشَارَة,
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: semnu
 * Assamese: চিন
 * Avar: гӏаламат
 * Azerbaijani:, ,
 * Bashkir: билдә
 * Belarusian: прыкмета, сведчанне
 * Bengali:, , সঙ্কেত
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: tima-ilhan
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,afiŝo
 * Estonian:
 * Even: хамун
 * Evenki: самэлки
 * Ewe: dzesi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: mot, segn
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Alemannic German: Zäiche
 * Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃, 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σημεῖον
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese: tandha
 * Kazakh: белгі, таңба
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نیشانە
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladin: sëni
 * Ladino: sinyo, siman
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: zīme
 * Lezgi: лишан
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: знак
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: ,
 * Manchu: ᡨᡝᠮᡤᡝᡨᡠ
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: teikn
 * Occitan: senh
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: знамѧ
 * Old East Slavic: знамꙗ, знакъ
 * Old English: tācn
 * Ottoman Turkish: اشارت, علامت, نشان
 * Pashto: بېلګه
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: segn, ensaina
 * Russian:
 * Sami:
 * Kildin Sami: тӣһт
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: зна̑к
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:, sinna
 * Slovak: znamenie
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: ,
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tocharian B: ṣotri
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen:, nyşan,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:, نشان, علامت
 * Uyghur: بەلگە
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh:
 * Yakut: бэлиэ
 * Yiddish: צייכן


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: speciaal teken
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: merkki, tähti
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Ladin: sëni
 * Macedonian: знак
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: teikn
 * Ottoman Turkish: اشارت, علامت, نشان
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sami:
 * Kildin Sami: тӣһт
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tanda, pananda
 * Ukrainian: знак


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Russian: ,


 * Arabic: لافِتَة
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:, , cartell
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: cedule
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: ,afiŝo
 * Estonian:
 * Farefare: dɔ-palaka
 * Finnish:, , ; ,
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , , ,
 * Irish: fógra
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:
 * Latin: tabella
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: знак
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: skilt
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sami:
 * Kildin Sami: тӣһт
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: та́бла, зна̑к
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: znak
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , , , señalización signalling, signs
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: bảng chỉ dẫn
 * Yiddish: וויוועסקע, שילד


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ζῴδιον
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Sami:
 * Kildin Sami: тӣһт
 * Sanskrit:
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: znaménko
 * Danish: fortegn
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: знак
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: forteikn
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sami:
 * Kildin Sami: тӣһт
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tanda, pananda
 * Telugu:


 * American Sign Language: 1@InsideChesthigh-FingerAcross-1@InsideChesthigh-FingerAcross CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: (jelnyelvi) jel
 * Italian:, ,
 * Macedonian: знак
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: teikn
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * American Sign Language: 1@InsideChesthigh-FingerAcross-1@InsideChesthigh-FingerAcross CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline
 * Bulgarian: жестомими́чен ези́к
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: gestlingvo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: teanga chomharthaíochta
 * Italian: linguaggio dei segni
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: tegnspråk
 * Nynorsk: teiknspråk
 * Portuguese:, língua de sinais
 * Spanish: lengua de señas, lengua de signos
 * Urdu: اشارے کی زبان


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Macedonian: предзнак
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: teikn
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sami:
 * Kildin Sami: тӣһт
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu:
 * Welsh: argoel


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: знак, ишарет
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: teikn
 * Occitan: senhagol
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: speciaal teken
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: знак
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: teikn
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sami:
 * Kildin Sami: тӣһт
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tanda, pananda


 * Georgian:

Etymology 2
From, , , partly from and partly from ,  et al.,  et al., and their source ; all from ; see Etymology 1, above. Compare.

Verb

 * 1) To make a mark
 * 2)  To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol.
 * 3)  To mark, to put or leave a mark on.
 * 4)  To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
 * 5)  More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc.
 * 6)  To write (one's name) as a signature.
 * 7)  To write one's signature.
 * 8)  To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc.
 * 9) * 2011, The Guardian, (headline), 18 Oct 2011:
 * Agents say Wales back has signed for Cardiff Blues.
 * 1)  To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract.
 * It was a great month. I managed to sign three major players.
 * 1) To make the sign of the cross
 * 2)  To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross.
 * 3)  To cross oneself.
 * 4) To indicate
 * 5)  To communicate using a gesture or signal.
 * 6)  To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign.
 * 7)  To communicate using gestures to (someone).
 * 8)   To use sign language.
 * 9)  To furnish (a road etc.) with signs.
 * 10) To determine the sign of
 * 11)  To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.
 * 1)  To cross oneself.
 * 2) To indicate
 * 3)  To communicate using a gesture or signal.
 * 4)  To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign.
 * 5)  To communicate using gestures to (someone).
 * 6)   To use sign language.
 * 7)  To furnish (a road etc.) with signs.
 * 8) To determine the sign of
 * 9)  To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.
 * 1)  To furnish (a road etc.) with signs.
 * 2) To determine the sign of
 * 3)  To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: وَقَّعَ, أَمْضَى
 * Egyptian Arabic: مضى
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: qol çəkmək, imza atmaq,
 * Basque: sinatu
 * Belarusian: падпі́сваць, падпіса́ць
 * Bengali: দস্তখৎ করা
 * Bulgarian: подпи́свам, подпи́ша
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: pirma
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 簽署, 簽名
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: subskribi
 * Estonian: alla kirjutama, signeerima
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: asinar,
 * Georgian: ხელის მოწერა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: हस्ताक्षर करना, दस्तख़त करना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: undirrita,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: menandatangani
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: қол қою
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz: кол коюу
 * Lao: ລົງຊື່
 * Latin: subscribō
 * Latvian: parakstīt
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: потпи́шува, потпише
 * Malay:, menandatangani
 * Maltese: ffirma
 * Maori: haina
 * Mongolian:, гарын үсэг зурах
 * Norman: sinner
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: skrive under, underskrive
 * Nynorsk: skrive under
 * Ottoman Turkish: امضالامق
 * Pashto: دستخطول
 * Persian: امضاء کردن
 * Piedmontese: visé
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: soidhn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: потписи́вати, потпи́сати
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: podpisovať, podpísať
 * Slovene: podpisovati, podpisati
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: pumirma, nagpirma , pirmahan
 * Tajik: имзо кардан
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: gol çekmek
 * Ukrainian: підпи́сувати, підписа́ти, підпи́суватися, підписа́тися
 * Urdu: دستخط کرنا
 * Uyghur: ئىمزالىماق
 * Uzbek: imzo chekmoq
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: חתמענען


 * Arabic: وَقَّعَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: qol çəkmək,, imza atmaq
 * Bulgarian: подписвам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: subskribi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: asinar,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, unterschriften,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: undirrita,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: sínigh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: subscribō
 * Macedonian: потпи́шува
 * Maori: haina
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: sinner
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: signere, skrive under
 * Nynorsk: signere, skrive under
 * Ottoman Turkish: امضالامق
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: soidhn
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Yiddish: חתמענען


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: qol çəkmək,, imza atmaq
 * Bulgarian: подписвам се
 * Finnish:, kirjoittaa nimi
 * French:
 * Galician:, asinar
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, odaírja a nevét
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: потпи́шува
 * Norman: sinner
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: signere
 * Nynorsk: signere
 * Ottoman Turkish: امضالامق
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: soidhn
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Yiddish: חתמענען


 * Finnish:
 * French: faire signer
 * Hungarian:
 * Swedish:, skriva kontrakt med


 * American Sign Language: 1@InsideChesthigh-FingerAcross-1@InsideChesthigh-FingerAcross CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: parler la langue des signes
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, jelnyelven kommunikál
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, gestualizar
 * Scottish Gaelic: soidhn
 * Spanish: hablar a señas, ,


 * French: dire ... en langue des signes,
 * German:
 * Occitan:, cimbelar, cimbelejar, far signe
 * Portuguese:, gestualizar
 * Scottish Gaelic: soidhn
 * Spanish: