singer
See also: Singer
English
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing + -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋə/
Audio (UK): (file) - (General American) enPR: sĭng′ər IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
Noun
editsinger (plural singers)
- A person who sings, often professionally.
- It's the singer, not the song.
- (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.
Synonyms
editHyponyms
edit- (person who sings):
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Japanese: シンガー (shingā)
Translations
editperson who sings (male or generic term)
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female person who sings
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Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsinger (plural singers)
Translations
editAnagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editIn at least the ape sense, from singe (“monkey”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /sɛ̃.ʒe/
Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Verb
editsinger
- to ape
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 3, in Les furtifs, La Volte, →ISBN:
- […] nous privilégions tous les deux les « interfaces humaines », comme ils disent, même quand elles singent, comme ici, une mauvaise IA.
- […] we both favour "human interfaces", as they say, even when they mimic, as here, a bad AI.
- to sprinkle with flour
Conjugation
editThis is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written singe- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of singer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | singer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | singeant /sɛ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | singé /sɛ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | singe /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
singes /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
singe /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
singeons /sɛ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
singez /sɛ̃.ʒe/ |
singent /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | singeais /sɛ̃.ʒɛ/ |
singeais /sɛ̃.ʒɛ/ |
singeait /sɛ̃.ʒɛ/ |
singions /sɛ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
singiez /sɛ̃.ʒje/ |
singeaient /sɛ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | singeai /sɛ̃.ʒe/ |
singeas /sɛ̃.ʒa/ |
singea /sɛ̃.ʒa/ |
singeâmes /sɛ̃.ʒam/ |
singeâtes /sɛ̃.ʒat/ |
singèrent /sɛ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | singerai /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
singeras /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
singera /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
singerons /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
singerez /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
singeront /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | singerais /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
singerais /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
singerait /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
singerions /sɛ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
singeriez /sɛ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
singeraient /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | singe /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
singes /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
singe /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
singions /sɛ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
singiez /sɛ̃.ʒje/ |
singent /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | singeasse /sɛ̃.ʒas/ |
singeasses /sɛ̃.ʒas/ |
singeât /sɛ̃.ʒa/ |
singeassions /sɛ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
singeassiez /sɛ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
singeassent /sɛ̃.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | singe /sɛ̃ʒ/ |
— | singeons /sɛ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
singez /sɛ̃.ʒe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
edit- “singer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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