digne

See also: digné

English

Etymology

French, from Latin dignus. See design.

Adjective

digne (comparative more digne, superlative most digne)

  1. (obsolete) worthy; honourable; deserving
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  2. (obsolete) suitable; adequate; fit
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  3. (obsolete) haughty; disdainful
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for digne in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīgnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

digne (feminine digna, masculine and feminine plural dignes)

  1. worthy, deserving
  2. decent

Synonyms

Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dignus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /diɲ/
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Adjective

digne (plural dignes)

  1. worthy
  2. having dignity; dignified

Further reading

Latin

Adjective

digne

  1. vocative masculine singular of dignus

References
  • digne in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • digne in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • digne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

digne

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of dignar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of dignar
  3. third-person singular imperative of dignar

Spanish

Verb

digne

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dignarse.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dignarse.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of dignarse.
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