Translation
signal
Word origin
From Latin signalis, 'belonging to a sign', built on signum ('mark, sign'). The word reached the international vocabulary through French signal, and Esperanto took it in that shape.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- signum
- English cognates
- signal, sign, signature
Examples
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The red light is a signal to stop.
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He gave a signal with his hand.
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We waited for the general's signal.
is the deliberate one: a thing arranged in advance so that someone will act on it. is the plainer mark or indication, and it need not be meant for anyone. A raised hand at the start of a race is a ; a footprint in the mud is a . The verb is signali, and o is whatever does the signalling.
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