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singe¹

  • /sɪnd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ɪndʒ

Where it comes from

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).

verb singes · singeing · singed

  1. transitive To burn slightly. made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us
  2. transitive To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
  3. transitive To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

Similar: scorch

noun singes

  1. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

singe²

verb singes · singing · sange · sunge

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of sing Then ſange Iudith this ſonge vnto the LORDE: Begynne vnto the LORDE vpon the tabrettes, ſinge vnto the LORDE vpon the cymbals.

Thesaurus

verb

Similar: scorch

Translations

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verb to burn slightly

Españolchamuscar, flamear
한국어그슬리다 geuseullida
日本語焦がす kogasu
中文燒灼 /烧灼 shāozhuó, 燒焦 /烧焦 shāojiāo
Portuguêschamuscar
Françaisroussir
Deutschansengen, versengen
Italianoscottare, bruciacchiare
Românăpârli
Русскийподпа́ливать podpálivatʹ, опаля́ть opaljátʹ, пали́ть palítʹ
עבריתחרך kharákh

verb to remove the nap of cloth by heat

עבריתהבהב hivhév

verb to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame

Deutschabsengen
Românăpârli
עבריתהבהב hivhév

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@misc{singe_2026,
  title = {singe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/singe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}