saint

See also Saint

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English saint, from Old French saint (Modern French saint), from Latin sanctus (“holy, consecrated, in Late Latin as a noun a saint”), past participle of sancire (“to render sacred, make holy”), akin to sacer (“holy, sacred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seɪnt/, X-SAMPA: /seInt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪnt

Noun

Wikipedia saint (plural saints)

1. A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint".

   Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint.

2. (figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities.

   Dorothy Day was a living saint.

3. One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.

   to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours. (1Cor. 1:2)

Synonyms

• (holy person): hallow

Translations

person proclaimed as saint

• Arabic: قديس (ar) (qiddīs) m
• Armenian: սուրբ (hy) (surb)
• Aromanian: sãntu (rup) m, sãnt (rup) m, ayiu (rup)
• Asturian: santu (ast) m, santa (ast) f
• Belarusian: святы (be) (svjatý) m, святая (be) (svjatája) f
• Catalan: sant (ca) m, santa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖人 (cmn), 圣人 (cmn) (shèngrén), 聖徒 (cmn), 圣徒 (cmn) (shèngtú)

• Czech: svatý (cs) m
• Danish: helgen (da) c
• Dutch: heilige (nl) m and f
• Esperanto: (♂♀) sanktulo (eo), (♂) virsanktulo (eo), (neologism, ♂) sanktuliĉo (eo), (♂♀) sanktulino (eo)
• Finnish: pyhimys (fi)
• French: saint (fr) m, sainte (fr) f

  Middle French: sainct m

  Old French: saint m, seint m

• Friulian: sant m
• Galician: santo (gl) m, santa (gl) f
• German: Heiliger (de) m, Heilige (de) f
• Greek: άγιος (el) (ágios) m, αγία (el) (agía) f
• Hungarian: szent (hu)
• Icelandic: dýrlingur (is) m
• Indonesian: santo (id) m, santa (id) f
• Italian: santo (it) m, santa (it) f
• Japanese: 聖人 (ja) (せいじん, seijin)
• Jèrriais: saint m

• Latgalian: svāts m, svāta f, svātlelyskys m
• Latvian: svēts (lv) m, svēta (lv) f
• Lithuanian: šventas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Hellegen (lb) m
• Macedonian: светец (mk) (svétec) m, светица (mk) (svética) f
• Norwegian: sankt (no)
• Occitan: sant (oc) m
• Old Provençal: saint
• Persian: مقدس (fa) (moqaddas)
• Polish: święty (pl) m, święta (pl) f
• Portuguese: santo (pt) m, santa (pt) f
• Romanian: sfânt (ro) m
• Romansch: sontg (rm) m, sogn (rm) n, son (rm) m, sench (rm) m, sonch (rm) m
• Russian: святой (ru) (svjatój) m, святая (ru) (svjatája) f
• Sardinian: santu (sc) m
• Scottish Gaelic: naomh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: светац (sh) m

  Latin: svetac (sh) m, svetica (sh) f, svet (sh) m, sveto (sh) n, sveta (sh) f

• Slovene: svetnik (sl) m, svetnica (sl) f
• Spanish: santo (es) m, santa (es) f
• Thai: คนดี (th) (khon-dee)
• Ukrainian: святий (uk) (svjatýj) m, свята (uk) (svjatá) f
• Volapük: (♂♀) saludan (vo), (♂) hisaludan (vo), (♀) jisaludan (vo)

(figuratively) a person with positive qualities

• Armenian: սուրբ (hy) (surb)
• Catalan: sant (ca) m
• Czech: světec (cs) m
• Danish: helgen (da) c
• Dutch: heilige (nl) m and f
• Finnish: pyhimys (fi)
• French: saint (fr) m, sainte (fr) f
• German: Heilige (de) m and f
• Greek: άγιος (el) (ágios) m, αγία (el) (agía) f
• Hungarian: szent (hu)
• Irish: naomh (ga)
• Italian: santo (it) m, santa (it) f
• Jèrriais: saint m
• Macedonian: светец (mk) (svétec) m, светица (mk) (svética) f
• Maltese: san (mt) m, santu (mt) m, santa (mt) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: helgen (no) m

  Nynorsk: helgen (nn) m

• Portuguese: santo (pt) m, santa (pt) f
• Romanian: sfânt (ro) m, sfântă (ro) f, sânt (ro)
• Russian: святой (ru) (svjatój) m, святая (ru) (svjatája) f
• Scottish Gaelic: naomh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: светац (sh) m

  Latin: svetac (sh) m, svetica (sh) f, svet (sh) m, sveto (sh) n, sveta (sh) f

• Slovene: svetnik (sl) m, svetnica (sl) f
• Spanish: santo (es) m, santa (es) f
• Thai: นักบุญ (th) (nag-boon)
• Volapük: (♂♀) saludan (vo), (♂) hisaludan (vo), (♀) jisaludan (vo)

one who is sanctified or made holy

• Danish: helgen (da) c
• Finnish: pyhimys (fi)
• Greek: άγιος (el) (ágios) m, αγία (el) (agía) f
• Macedonian: светец (mk) (svétec) m, светица (mk) (svética) f

• Russian: святой (ru) (svjatój) m, святая (ru) (svjatája) f
• Scottish Gaelic: naomh (gd) m
• Volapük: (♂♀) saludan (vo), (♂) hisaludan (vo), (♀) jisaludan (vo)

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• Georgian: წმინდანი
• Maltese: san m, santu m, santa f
• Old English: sanct m, before a proper name, sanctus m, sancta f
• Norwegian: helgen (no)
• Slovak: 1, 2: svätec m, svätica f; 3: adj svätý
• Slovene: sveti m, sveta f
• Swedish: helgon n (1,2), Sankt (males, abbreviation S:t) (3), Sankta (3) (females, abbreviation S:ta), Heliga (females) (3)
• Thai: นักบุญ (nag-boon)
• Vietnamese: thánh (vi)

Related terms

• sainthood
• saintly
• saintess

See also

• hallow
• holos
• holy

Verb

saint (third-person singular simple present saints, present participle sainting, simple past and past participle sainted)

1. (nonstandard) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.

   Many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately.

Translations

formally recognize as a saint

• Danish: kanonisere (da)
• Dutch: heiligverklaren (nl)
• Italian: canonizzare (it), santificare (it)

• Norwegian: kanonisere (no)
• Scottish Gaelic: naomhaich (gd)

External links

• saint in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• saint in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

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

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French

Etymology

From Latin sanctus (“holy”)

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sɛ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃
• Homophones: sain, sains, saints, sein, seins

Noun

saint m (plural saints; feminine sainte, plural saintes)

1. saint

Adjective

saint m (feminine sainte, masculine plural saints, feminine plural saintes)

1. saintly (all meanings)

Anagrams

• tians

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Irish

Noun

saint f (genitive sainte)

1. greed, avarice, covetousness
2. great eagerness, desire

Declension

Declension of saint

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative saint Vocative a shaint Genitive sainte Dative saint

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tsaint Genitive na sainte Dative leis an tsaint don tsaint

Synonyms

• cíocras, gabhálacht (“avarice”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
saint	shaint after "an", tsaint	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French saint, from Latin sanctus (“holy”).

Noun

saint m (plural saints)

1. (religion) saint

Adjective

saint m (feminine sainte, masculine plural saints, feminine plural saintes)

1. holy

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Old French

Alternative forms

• seint

Etymology

Latin sanctus

Noun

saint m (oblique plural sainz, nominative singular sainz, nominative plural saint)

1. saint

Declension

  Declension of saint  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	Subject	sainz	sainte
	Oblique	saint	sainte
Plural	Subject	saint	saintes
	Oblique	sainz	saintes

Adjective

saint m (feminine sainte)

1. holy
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:

     Conment hom devoit Dieu servir
     Por saint Paradix deservir

     How man should serve got
     In order to deserve Heaven

Descendants

• English: saint
• French: saint
• Jèrriais: saint