singe

Nghĩa (English)

Verb

1. To burn slightly.
2. To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
3. To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

Noun

A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

Synonyms

scorch

burn

char

sear

roast

swinge

scald

parch

blacken

toast

sizzle

burn to a crisp

combust

get burnt

set afire

expose to heat

hold something over the fire

smoke on a flame

soften something with the fire

4

barbecue

pass through fire

bite

broil

burn down

burned

cauterise

dry

seduce

set on fire

sing

Phát âm là (IPA)

/sɪnd͡ʒ/

Từ nguyên (English)

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: sengen

Inherited from Tiếng Anh cổ: senġan

Cognate with Tiếng Frisia: singe

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: soange

Cognate with Tiếng Hà Lan: zengen

Cognate with Tiếng Đức: sengen

Cognate with Tiếng Iceland: sangur

In summary

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”).