insigne

See also: Insigne

English

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

insigne (plural insignia)

1. (dated) An insignia.
   • 1985, The Baker Street Journal, volume 35/36, page 165:

     Elizabeth will give this work of art her regal scrutiny (and, no doubt, a trial run) before granting her imprimatur for the embroidering in gold thread of the royal insigne: er.

Anagrams

• ingines, seining

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French insigne, from Latin īnsīgne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnˈsɪn.jə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: in‧sig‧ne

Noun

insigne n (plural insignes)

1. an insignia, a badge

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.siɲ/
• Rhymes: -iɲ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin īnsignis.

Adjective

insigne (plural insignes)

1. (literary) remarkable, distinguished

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin īnsigne, nominalised neuter of insignis. Doublet of enseigne.

Noun

insigne m (plural insignes)

1. a badge

Descendants

• → Dutch: insigne

Further reading

• “insigne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin īnsīgnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈsiɲ.ɲe/
• Rhymes: -iɲɲe
• Hyphenation: in‧sì‧gne

Adjective

insigne (plural insigni)

1. great, distinguished, renowned

   Synonyms: grande, celebre, rinomato

Further reading

• insigne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• insegni

Latin

Etymology

A nominalization of the neuter nominative case form of īnsignis (“marked, distinguished”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈsiɡ.ne/, [ĩːˈs̠ɪŋnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsiɲ.ɲe/, [inˈsiɲːe]

Adjective

insigne

1. nominative/vocative/accusative neuter singular of insignis

Noun

īnsigne n (genitive īnsignis); third declension

1. a distinguishing mark, emblem, badge
2. an ensign, an honour, a badge of honour
3. a coat of arms

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	īnsigne	īnsignia
genitive	īnsignis	īnsignium
dative	īnsignī	īnsignibus
accusative	īnsigne	īnsignia
ablative	īnsignī	īnsignibus
vocative	īnsigne	īnsignia

Derived terms

• īnsigniārius (“a keeper of insignia”, noun)

Descendants

• Latin: īnsignia
  • Italian: insegna
  • Old French:
    • Middle French: ansaingne, anseigne, ansigne, einseingne, ensagne, ensaigne, ensaingne, ensegne, enseigne, enseingne, ensengne, ensenhe, ensigne, ensseigne
      • French: enseigne
    • → Middle English: ensaigne, ensigne, thensigne, thensygne, þensygne
      • English: ensign
  • Spanish: enseña (inherited or a semi-learned borrowing)
  • → Catalan: insígnia
  • → English: insignia
  • → Galician: insignia
  • → Middle English: insignys pl
  • → Portuguese: insígnia
  • → Spanish: insignia
• → English: insigne
• → French: insigne
  • → Dutch: insigne

References

• “insigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “insigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• insigne in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• insigne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “insigne”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “insigne”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnsignis.

Adjective

insigne m or f (masculine and feminine plural insignes)

1. distinguished, illustrious

   Synonyms: célebre, ilustre, referente

   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Pero debemos decir que esto y otras cosas municipales de que habló el insigne Amarillo, como el acuerdo recién tomado por el Ayuntamiento de llamar en lo sucesivo plaza de Lantigua a la plazoleta de la Charca, y colocar una corona en el sepulcro que se estaba labrando al Sr. D. Juan, no fueron sino pretextos que el alcalde tomaba para hablar de un asunto de vivísimo interés para él.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2013, Raúl D. Montoya, La Herencia De El Encanto:

     el insigne abogado podía haberse lucido en los altos círculos de la sociedad xalapeña

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “insigne”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28