monsignore
Italian
Etymology
From signore under influence from Middle French monseigneur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mon.siɲˈɲo.re/
- Rhymes: -ore
- Hyphenation: mon‧si‧gnó‧re
Noun
monsignore m (plural monsignori)
Swedish
Etymology
From Italian monsignore
Noun
monsignore c
- (Roman Catholicism) monsignor
- 1877, Viktor Rydberg, “Blyertsanteckningar från Rom”, in Romerska dagar[1], Jos. Seligmanns & C:is förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 18 May 2025, page 166:
- [D]e skryta med att monsignore X eller Y [...] äro »gode vänner och bekante» med »den hederlige tiggaren» Z.
- They boast that Monsignor X or Y are "good friends and acquaintances" with "the honest beggar" Z.
- 1885, Gunnar Wennerberg, “Minnen från drömmarnes verld III”, in Samlade skrifter IV. Smärre dikter[2], Jos. Seligmann & C:is förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 18 May 2025, page 245:
- Jag [...] fann mig snart i lifligt samtal med en [...] monsignore.
- I soon found myself in a lively conversation with a monsignor.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | monsignore | monsignores |
| definite | monsignoren | monsignorens | |
| plural | indefinite | monsignorer | monsignorers |
| definite | monsignorerna | monsignorernas |