Added 10 October 2026
singe
/sɪnd͡ʒ/ noun
In Latin: adūrō, sēmustulō Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about singe at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
verb
-
Burn superficially or lightly.
I singed my eyebrows
-
Become superficially burned.
my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames
Origin
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”).
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