segno

American  

[seyn-yoh, sen-yoh, se-nyaw] / ˈseɪn joʊ, ˈsɛn joʊ, ˈsɛ njɔ /

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

Noun Inflected Forms

• segni
  plural

Etymology

Origin of segno

1905–10; < Italian < Latin signum a sign

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

segno

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

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)

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