SIGNORA (signore)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: signore   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Signora mean? 

• SIGNORA (noun)
  The noun SIGNORA has 2 senses:

1. an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name

2. an Italian title or form of address for a married woman

  Familiarity information: SIGNORA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGNORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("signora" is a kind of...):

married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An Italian title or form of address for a married woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Signora" is a kind of...):

form of address; title; title of respect (an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. 'Mr.' or 'General')

Domain category:

Italian (the Romance language spoken in Italy)

 Context examples 

My husband—yes, my real name is Signora Victor Durando—was the San Pedro minister in London. He met me and married me there.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Half an hour later we were seated, all four, in the small sitting-room of Signora Lucca, listening to her remarkable narrative of those sinister events, the ending of which we had chanced to witness.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)