signal

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• sĭgʹnəl
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From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s). Doublet of signum and sign.

205 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: sinjal — sign made to give notice
• Arabic: إِشَارَة (ʔišāra) — sign made to give notice
• Armenian: ազդանշան (azdanšan) — sign made to give notice
• Armenian: ազդակ (azdak) — sign made to give notice
• Azerbaijani: siqnal — sign made to give notice
• Azerbaijani: işarə — sign made to give notice
• Belarusian: сігна́л (sihnál) — sign made to give notice
• Belarusian: сыгна́л (syhnál) — sign made to give notice
• Belarusian: знак (znak) — sign made to give notice
• Bengali: ইশারা (iśara) — sign made to give notice
• Bengali: সংকেত (śoṅket) — sign made to give notice
• Bulgarian: сигна́л (signál) — sign made to give notice
• Burmese: လက္ခဏာ (lakhka.na) — sign made to give notice
• Catalan: senyal — sign made to give notice
• Chinese Mandarin: 信號 /信号 (xìnhào) — sign made to give notice
• Chinese Mandarin: 訊號 /讯号 (xùnhào) — sign made to give notice
• Czech: znamení — sign made to give notice
• Czech: signál — sign made to give notice
• Danish: signal — sign made to give notice
• Dutch: signaal — sign made to give notice
• Dutch: sein — sign made to give notice
• Esperanto: signalo — sign made to give notice
• Estonian: signaal — sign made to give notice
• Finnish: merkki — sign made to give notice
• Finnish: signaali — sign made to give notice
• French: signal — sign made to give notice
• Galician: sinal — sign made to give notice
• Georgian: სიგნალი (signali) — sign made to give notice
• German: Signal — sign made to give notice
• Greek: σήμα (síma) — sign made to give notice
• Hebrew: אוֹת (ot) — sign made to give notice
• Hebrew: סִיגְנָל (signál) — sign made to give notice
• Hindi: संकेत (saṅket) — sign made to give notice
• Hindi: इशारा (iśārā) — sign made to give notice
• Hungarian: jel — sign made to give notice
• Hungarian: jelzés — sign made to give notice
• Hungarian: jeladás — sign made to give notice
• Hungarian: index — sign made to give notice
• Hungarian: szignál — sign made to give notice
• Icelandic: merki — sign made to give notice
• Indonesian: anggai — sign made to give notice
• Indonesian: isyarat — sign made to give notice
• Italian: segnale — sign made to give notice
• Japanese: 信号 (shingō) — sign made to give notice
• Japanese: 合図 (aizu) — sign made to give notice
• Japanese: シグナル (shigunaru) — sign made to give notice
• Kazakh: сигнал (signal) — sign made to give notice
• Khmer: តម្រុយ (tɑmroy) — sign made to give notice
• Khmer: សង្កេត (sɑɑsɑngkeet) — sign made to give notice
• Khmer: សញ្ញា (saññaa) — sign made to give notice
• Korean: 신호 (sinho) — sign made to give notice
• Korean: 시그널 (sigeuneol) — sign made to give notice
• Northern Kurdish: sînyal — sign made to give notice
• Northern Kurdish: îşaret — sign made to give notice
• Kyrgyz: сигнал (signal) — sign made to give notice
• Lao: ສັນຍານ (san nyān) — sign made to give notice
• Latvian: signāls — sign made to give notice
• Lithuanian: signalas — sign made to give notice
• Macedonian: сигнал (signal) — sign made to give notice
• Malay: isyarat — sign made to give notice
• Mongolian: дохио (doxio) — sign made to give notice
• Mongolian: ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ (doqiy-a) — sign made to give notice
• Norwegian Bokmål: signal — sign made to give notice
• Norwegian Nynorsk: signal — sign made to give notice
• Pashto: اشاره (ešārá) — sign made to give notice
• Pashto: سيګنل (signál) — sign made to give notice
• Pashto: زيګنال (zignãl) — sign made to give notice
• Dari: اِشَارَه (išāra) — sign made to give notice
• Iranian Persian: اِشارِه (ešâre) — sign made to give notice
• Iranian Persian: سیگْنال (signâl) — sign made to give notice
• Polish: sygnał — sign made to give notice
• Portuguese: sinal — sign made to give notice
• Romanian: semnal — sign made to give notice
• Russian: сигна́л (signál) — sign made to give notice
• Russian: знак (znak) — sign made to give notice
• Serbo-Croatian: сѝгна̄л — sign made to give notice
• Serbo-Croatian: sìgnāl — sign made to give notice
• Slovak: znamenie — sign made to give notice
• Slovak: signál — sign made to give notice
• Slovene: signal — sign made to give notice
• Spanish: señal — sign made to give notice
• Swahili: ishara — sign made to give notice
• Swedish: signal — sign made to give notice
• Tajik: ишора (išora) — sign made to give notice
• Tajik: ишорат (išorat) — sign made to give notice
• Tajik: сигнал (signal) — sign made to give notice
• Telugu: సంజ్ఞ (sañjña) — sign made to give notice
• Telugu: సంకేతం (saṅkētaṁ) — sign made to give notice
• Thai: สัญญาณ (sǎn-yaan) — sign made to give notice
• Turkish: sinyal — sign made to give notice
• Turkish: işaret — sign made to give notice
• Ottoman Turkish: اشارت (işaret) — sign made to give notice
• Turkmen: signal — sign made to give notice
• Turkmen: yşarat — sign made to give notice
• Ukrainian: сигна́л (syhnál) — sign made to give notice
• Ukrainian: знак (znak) — sign made to give notice
• Urdu: اِشارَہ (iśāra) — sign made to give notice
• Uyghur: سىگنال (signal) — sign made to give notice
• Uyghur: ئىشارەت (isharet) — sign made to give notice
• Uzbek: signal — sign made to give notice
• Uzbek: ishora — sign made to give notice
• Vietnamese: tín hiệu — sign made to give notice
• Yiddish: סיגנאַל (signal) — sign made to give notice
• Bulgarian: семафо́р (semafór) — device to give indication
• Catalan: senyal — device to give indication
• Czech: signál — device to give indication
• Danish: signal — device to give indication
• Dutch: sein — device to give indication
• Finnish: opastin — device to give indication
• Finnish: merkinantolaite — device to give indication
• French: signal — device to give indication
• Galician: sinal — device to give indication
• German: Signal — device to give indication
• Hungarian: szemafor — device to give indication
• Hungarian: jelzőberendezés — device to give indication
• Italian: segnale — device to give indication
• Norwegian Bokmål: signal — device to give indication
• Norwegian Nynorsk: signal — device to give indication
• Polish: sygnał — device to give indication
• Portuguese: sinal — device to give indication
• Romanian: semnal indicator — device to give indication
• Romanian: semnalizator — device to give indication
• Russian: семафо́р (semafór) — device to give indication
• Spanish: señal — device to give indication
• Swedish: signal — device to give indication
• Bulgarian: сигна́л (signál) — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Catalan: senyal — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Chinese Mandarin: 信号 (xìnhào) — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Danish: signal — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Dutch: signaal — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Esperanto: signalo — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Finnish: signaali — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Galician: sinal — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Hungarian: jel — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Hungarian: rádiójel — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Hungarian: térerő — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Hungarian: térerősség — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Indonesian: sinyal — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Italian: segnale — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Italian: campo — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Japanese: 電波 (denpa) — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Korean: 전파 (jeonpa) — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Marshallese: bar — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Norwegian Bokmål: signal — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Norwegian Nynorsk: signal — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Portuguese: sinal — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Portuguese: rede — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Romanian: semnal — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Russian: сигна́л (signál) — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Spanish: señal — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Swedish: signal — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Turkish: sinyal — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Vietnamese: tín hiệu — telecommunication: electromagnetic action that conveys information
• Esperanto: signalo — action, change or process to convey information
• Spanish: señal — action, change or process to convey information
• Bulgarian: знак (znak) — foreshadowing
• Finnish: enne — foreshadowing
• Finnish: ennusmerkki — foreshadowing
• Indonesian: padah — foreshadowing
• Indonesian: pertanda — foreshadowing
• Portuguese: sinal — foreshadowing
• Russian: знак (znak) — foreshadowing
• Bulgarian: сигна́л (signál) — useful information as opposed to noise
• Finnish: signaali — useful information as opposed to noise
• Indonesian: isyarat — useful information as opposed to noise
• Indonesian: sinyal — useful information as opposed to noise
• Portuguese: sinal — useful information as opposed to noise
• Russian: сигна́л (signál) — useful information as opposed to noise
• Bulgarian: сигна́л (signál) — computing: simple interprocess communication
• Dutch: signaal — computing: simple interprocess communication
• Finnish: signaali — computing: simple interprocess communication
• French: signal — computing: simple interprocess communication
• Indonesian: sinyal — computing: simple interprocess communication
• Russian: сигна́л (signál) — computing: simple interprocess communication
• Belarusian: сігналізава́ць (sihnalizavácʹ) — to indicate
• Bulgarian: сигнализирам (signaliziram) — to indicate
• Danish: give signal — to indicate
• Danish: signalere — to indicate
• Finnish: viestittää — to indicate
• Finnish: signaloida — to indicate
• Finnish: opastaa — to indicate
• French: signaler — to indicate
• German: signalisieren — to indicate
• Ancient Greek: σημειόω (sēmeióō) — to indicate
• Hungarian: jelez — to indicate
• Hungarian: jelt ad — to indicate
• Hungarian: jelöl — to indicate
• Hungarian: indexel — to indicate
• Italian: segnalare — to indicate
• Italian: indicare — to indicate
• Lithuanian: signalizuoti — to indicate
• Māori: rota — to indicate
• Māori: rotarota — to indicate
• Māori: whakapua — to indicate
• Māori: hū — to indicate
• Polish: sygnalizować — to indicate
• Polish: zasygnalizować — to indicate
• Russian: сигнализи́ровать (signalizírovatʹ) — to indicate
• Russian: просигнализи́ровать (prosignalizírovatʹ) — to indicate
• Sicilian: sincalijari — to indicate
• Sicilian: sinnari — to indicate
• Sicilian: nnicari — to indicate
• Spanish: señalar — to indicate
• Ukrainian: сигналізува́ти (syhnalizuváty) — to indicate
• Ukrainian: просигналізува́ти (prosyhnalizuváty) — to indicate