digne
See also: digné
English
Etymology
From Middle English digne, from Old French digne, from Latin dignus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daɪn/
- Rhymes: -aɪn
Adjective
digne (comparative more digne, superlative most digne)
- (obsolete) worthy; honourable; deserving; suitable.
- 1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume II, page 387:
- Deeds they shall do so digne memorious glory, / song shall not suit nor Hist'ory hold the story.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
digne (feminine digna, masculine and feminine plural dignes)
- worthy, deserving
- Synonym: mereixedor
- Antonym: indigne
- decent
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “digne” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French and Old French digne, a borrowing from Latin dignus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diɲ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -iɲ
Derived terms
Further reading
- “digne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
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.
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French digne, from Latin dignus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdiːn(ə)/, /ˈdi(n)ɡn(ə)/, /ˈdinɡ(ə)/
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: digne
References
- “digne, dīne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Portuguese
Verb
digne
- inflection of dignar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
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