segno

American  

[seyn-yoh, sen-yoh, se-nyaw] / ˈseɪn yoʊ, ˈsɛn yoʊ, ˈsɛ nyɔ /

noun

Music.

segni plural

1. a sign.

2. a sign or mark at the beginning or end of a section to be repeated.

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segno British  

/ ˈseɲɲo, ˈsɛnjəʊ /

noun

1.  :S:.  music a sign at the beginning or end of a section directed to be repeated

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• segni
  plural

Etymology

Origin of segno

1905–10; < Italian < Latin signum a sign

Example Sentences

Appresso Vincenzo Vaugris al segno d’Erasmo, MDXLV.” 12mo.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

After the segno has been "passed," the sposo sings a new song.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

Giovan Grancino in Contrada larga di Milano al segno della Corona 16— GRANCINO, Giovanni, Milan, 1694-1720.

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George

It had reached him but a week before from Venice,—"in Venetia, al segno del Pozzo, MDLVII," said the title-page, in fact.

From Bertram Cope's Year by Fuller, Henry Blake

She also presented him with some branches of palm, "In segno di felice augurio;" but her bright anticipations were at first cruelly disappointed.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)