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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing + -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (singer), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.

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Noun

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singer (plural singers)

  1. A person who sings, often professionally.
    It's the singer, not the song.
  2. (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.
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  • Japanese: シンガー (shingā)
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Etymology 2

    From singe + -er.

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    Noun

    singer (plural singers)

    1. A person who, or device which, singes.
    2. A machine for singeing cloth.
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    French

    Etymology

    In at least the ape sense, from singe (monkey).

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    Verb

    singer

    1. to ape
      • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 3, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
        [] nous privilégions tous les deux les « interfaces humaines », comme ils disent, même quand elles singent, comme ici, une mauvaise IA.
        [] we both favour "human interfaces", as they say, even when they mimic, as here, a bad AI.
    2. to sprinkle with flour

    Conjugation

    This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written singe- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

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