singer

See also: Singer

English

Etymology 1

sing +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋə/
  • (General American) enPR: sĭng′ər IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋɚ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)

Noun

singer (plural singers)

  1. A person who sings, often professionally.
  2. (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure. See square dance singer.
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Etymology 2

From singe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)

Noun

singer (plural singers)

  1. A person who, or device which, singes.
  2. A machine for singeing cloth.
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French

Etymology

In at least the ape sense, from singe (“monkey”).

Verb

singer

  1. to ape
  2. to sprinkle with flour

Conjugation

This 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)
present participle singeant
/sɛ̃.ʒɑ̃/
past participle singé
/sɛ̃.ʒe/
infinitive
simple singer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple singeant
/sɛ̃.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 – tu – nous vous –
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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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