signalment

English

Etymology

signal +‎ -ment

Noun

signalment (countable and uncountable, plural signalments)

  1. The act of signalling, or of signalizing.
  2. A description based on specific traits.
    • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sixth Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
      Could they find a girl and child,
      No other signalment but girl and child?
      No data shown but noticeable eyes
      And hair in masses, low upon the brow,
      As if it were an iron crown and pressed?

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French signalement.

Noun

signalment n (plural signalmente)

  1. physical description (BOLO, APB)

Declension
Declension of signalment
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) signalment signalmentul (niște) signalmente signalmentele
genitive/dative (unui) signalment signalmentului (unor) signalmente signalmentelor
vocative signalmentule signalmentelor
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