Noun: signore
Gender: m
Hyphenation: si‧gnó‧re
| Singular m | signore |
| Singular f | signora |
| Plural m | signori |
| Plural f | signore |
Sample Sentences
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Al valente Signore,
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Di cui non so migliore
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Sù la terra trovare (To the valiant lord, of which I can find no better in the land) [c. 1260s, Brunetto Latini, Il tesoretto [The Treasure], collected in Raccolta di rime antiche toscane: Volume primo, Palermo: Giuseppe Assenzio, published 1817, page 9, lines 1–3:]
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Altissimu onnipotente bonsignore. tue so le laude la gloria elhonore et onne benedictione. (Most High, all-powerful, good Lord, yours are the praises, the glory, the honor, and all blessing.) [c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures], page 1:]
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Sì, signore. (Yes, sir.)
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No, signori. (No, gentlemen.)
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È venuto a cercarti un signore. (A man came looking for you.)
Etymology
From earlier segnore, from Latin seniōrem, comparative form of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos. Doublet of sire. See: Latin Nouns '
senior'.
Verbs referencing "signore"
French Nouns
sieur, English Nouns
signore.
Translations