different between seigneurie vs seigneur

English

Alternative forms

• seigneury

Etymology

From French seigneurie.

Noun

seigneurie (plural seigneuries)

1. (historical) An area governed by a seigneur (French noble).
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, page 153:

     Conventionally, seigneuries were divided between, first, the domain land […] ; and, second, the tenures (or censives) which were divided among the peasantry and others.

2. (Canada) The estate of a seigneur.
3. (Channel Islands) The official residence of a Seigneur.

Translations

French

Etymology

Middle French, from Old French signorie. Equivalent to seigneur +? -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.?œ.?i/

Noun

seigneurie f (plural seigneuries)

1. fiefdom, seigniory, lordship
2. (France historical, Canada) feudal manor

Further reading

• “seigneurie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• seignior

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor. Doublet of senior, seignior, sire, and sir.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??nj?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s??nj?/

Noun

seigneur (plural seigneurs)

1. (historical) A French feudal lord; a noble.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 156:

     There was less and less love lost between peasants and seigneurs. The services which the latter had provided for the peasant community in the past had diminished in value.

2. The hereditary feudal ruler of Sark.
   • 2012, Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 29 Oct 2012:

     Beaumont lives on Sark, a small, autonomous island twenty-five miles off the coast of Normandy, with her husband, Michael, the island's seigneur.

3. (Canada) A landowner in Canada; the holder of a seigneurie.

Coordinate terms

• seigneuresse (wife of a seigneur)
• seigneuresse (a female seingeur)

Derived terms

• seigneurial
• seigneury

French

Etymology

From Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor (oblique form), from Latin seni?rem, accusative singular of senior (compare sire, derived from the nominative form). Doublet of senior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.?œ?/, /se.?œ?/

Noun

seigneur m (plural seigneurs, feminine seigneuresse)

1. lord (aristocrat, man of high rank)
2. lord (master)
3. (Canada) seigneur (a landowner, holder of a seigneurie)

Derived terms

• à tout seigneur tout honneur

Related terms

• seigneurial
• seigneurie
• sire
• monseigneur

Further reading

• “seigneur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• seringue

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French seignor.

Noun

seigneur m (plural seigneurs)

1. lord
2. sire (term of respect)

Descendants

• ? English: seigneur
• French: seigneur

Old French

Noun

seigneur m (oblique plural seigneurs, nominative singular sire, nominative plural seigneur)

1. Alternative form of seignor