Saint

See also saint

English

Etymology

From saint

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seɪnt/, X-SAMPA: /seInt/
  • in UK compound names also: IPA: /seɪn/, /sɪnt/, /sɪn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪnt

Noun

Saint (plural Saints)

1. A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.

   "Saint Stephen was the first martyr."

2. (sports) someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Synonyms

• (title): St, St.

Derived terms

• Saint-John
• Saint Kitts
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Petersburg

Translations

title given to a saint

• Asturian: San (ast) m, Santa (ast) f
• Catalan: Sant (ca) m, Santa (ca) f
• Dutch: Sint (nl)
• Finnish: Pyhä (fi)
• French: Saint (fr) m
• Galician: San (gl) m, Santa (gl) f
• German: Sankt (de) n
• Irish: San (ga) m and f, Naomh (ga) m and f
• Italian: San (it), Santo (it) m, Santa (it) f

• Khmer: សន្ត (km)
• Portuguese: São (pt) m, Santa (pt) f
• Russian: святой (ru) (svjatój) 
• Scottish Gaelic: Naomh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Sveti (sh) m
• Spanish: San (es) m, Santa (es) f

Anagrams

• antis, satin, sat in, stain, tians, tisan