signore

¹

[ sin-yawr-ey, -yohr-ey; Italian see-nyaw-re ]

noun

, plural si·gno·ri [sin-, yawr, -ee, -, yohr, -ee, see-, nyaw, -, r, ee].

1. a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.

signore

²

[ sin-yawr-ey, -yohr-ey; Italian see-nyaw-re ]

noun

1. the Italian plural of signora.

signore

/ siːnˈjɔːriː; siɲˈɲore /

noun

1. an Italian man: a title of respect equivalent to sir

Word History and Origins

Origin of signore¹

1585–95; < Italian < Latin senior; senior

Word History and Origins

Origin of signore¹

Italian, ultimately from Latin senior an elder, from senex an old man

Example Sentences

“She is your sister, signore?” the waiter asks as he sets the check between them, glancing at Moushumi and then back at Gogol.

From Literature

Begone, signore!" he burst out, "lest my patience exhausts itself, and I give you a bed in the snow.

From Project Gutenberg

"Your pardon, signore; but we heard the ladies cry out, and seeing you here----" "Where you should have been," I interrupted, "you lag too far behind your mistress."

From Project Gutenberg

A Sicilian, a fellow-passenger from Palermo to Naples, who one moment was groaning in the agony of seasickness and the next playing on his violin, said to me, "Canta il, signore?"

From Project Gutenberg

If such be my fate, signore,—if I am guilty, the punishment is great enough: if I am not guilty, it is too great.'

From Project Gutenberg