sinal
Portuguese
/siˈnaɫ/, /siˈnaw/
noun
Definitions
- sign; mark; trace a visible or otherwise perceivable indication of something
- signal a visual or audible indication made to give notice of some occurrence, command or danger
- (telecommunications) signal physical impulse used to convey data
- (finance) deposit; down payment initial payment of a purchase
- (mathematics) sign a symbol that represents a mathematical operation or relationship
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese sinal inherited from Latin signālis, signum (sign, token, a mark, mark, a sign, an emblem) affix from Portuguese sino (bell), signo.
Origin
Portuguese
signo
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- signum English
- insignis Latin
- sigillum Latin
- signale Latin
- signifex Latin
- significo Latin
- signum Latin
- signāle Latin
- signālis Latin
- segno Italian
- signo Spanish, Castilian
- sino Spanish, Castilian
- *sek- Proto-Indo-European
- *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- signo Portuguese
- sinalizar Portuguese
- sinalização Portuguese
- sineiro Portuguese
- sineta Portuguese
- sino Portuguese
- segn Old English
- signe Middle English
- seigne Old French
- seing Old French
- signe Old French
- signet Old French
- signe Catalan, Valencian
- semn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- swyn Welsh
- segan Old High German
- sén Old Irish
- shenjë Albanian
- *segan Old Dutch
- sinal Old Portuguese
- sino Old Portuguese
- semnu Aromanian
- *seknom Proto-Italic
- segn Friulian
- senh Old Occitan
- ségno Venetian
- sin Breton
- sinu Tetum
- සීනුව Sinhala, Sinhalese