san

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.2 See also 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 2 Catalan 2.1 Noun 3 Classical Nahuatl 3.1 Particle 4 Croatian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 4.2.2 Derived terms 5 French 5.1 Noun 6 Garifuna 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Cardinal number 7 Irish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Contraction 7.2.1 Usage notes 7.2.2 Related terms 8 Italian 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 See also 9 Japanese 9.1 Numeral 9.2 Noun 10 Kuna 10.1 Noun 11 Mandarin 11.1 Number 11.2 Pinyin syllable 11.2.1 Usage notes 12 North Frisian 12.1 Noun 13 Rohingya 13.1 Etymology 13.2 Noun 14 Scottish Gaelic 14.1 Etymology 14.2 Preposition 14.2.1 Usage notes 14.2.2 Related terms 15 Serbo-Croatian 15.1 Etymology 15.2 Noun 15.2.1 Declension 15.2.2 Derived terms 16 Spanish 16.1 Etymology 1 16.1.1 Alternative forms 16.1.2 Adjective 16.1.2.1 Usage notes 16.1.3 Noun 16.2 Etymology 2 16.2.1 Noun 17 Torres Strait Creole 17.1 Etymology 17.2 Noun 18 Turkish 18.1 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Noun

san (plural sans)

1. A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercaseϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa.

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• San (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:San (letter)

[edit] Etymology 2

sanatorium

[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

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san (plural sans)

1. (dated, informal) A sanatorium.
   • 1940, Enid Blyton, The Naughtiest Girl in the School

     "Haven't you heard?" said Belinda. "Joan's ill! She'd got a high temperature, and she's in bed in the San."

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[edit] Catalan

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san f. (plural sans)

1. San; the Archaic Greek letter Ϻ (lowercase ϻ).

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[edit] Classical Nahuatl

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san

1. Alternative spelling of zan.

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos (“‘dream’”).

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sȁn m.

1. dream

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sȁnak sànen sánjati snòvati

snȉti snòvid snȍvit

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[edit] French

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san m. inv.

1. san (Greek letter)

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[edit] Garifuna

[edit] Etymology

Probably from French cent.

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san

1. (cardinal) hundred

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [sˠənˠ] (before a, o, u, fha, fho, fhu)
• IPA: [sˠənʲ] (before e, i, fhe, fhi)

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san (preposition + definite article fusion , i + an)

1. in the (singular)

[edit] Usage notes

Used before vowel sounds and f (which lenites:

• san amhrán – "in the song"
• san fhocal – "in the word"

[edit] Related terms

• sa (used before consonant sounds)
• sna (plural)

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[edit] Italian

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san (apocopate)

1. (used before a consonant) Apocopic form of santo. saint

   San Pietro — “Saint Peter”

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• sant', santo

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Numeral

san (さん)

1. 三: three

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san (さん)

1. 酸: acid
2. 桟: crosspiece
3. 産: delivery, childbirth

-san (-さん)

1. 山: mount, mountain

   see -san

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[edit] Kuna

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san

1. meat

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[edit] Mandarin

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san (Pinyin sān)

1. three

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san

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, sān, sǎn, or sàn.

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English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] North Frisian

[edit] Noun

san

1. sun

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[edit] Rohingya

[edit] Etymology

From Bengali চাঁদ (tʃām̐da).

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san

1. moon

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

anns + an

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san

1. in the

[edit] Usage notes

• This form is not used before nouns beginning with b, c, g, m or p, where sa' is used instead.
• If followed by f, the f is lenited.

  facal - word

  san fhacal - in the word

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• ann an

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos (“‘dream’”).

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sȁn m. (Cyrillic spelling: са̏н)

1. dream

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[edit] Derived terms

sȁnak sànen sánjati snòvati

snȉti snòvid snȍvit

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Alternative forms

• (in proper nouns, capitalized) San

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san m. (apocopate, standard form santo)

1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of santo. saint

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Not used in front of the following names (use santo instead): Tomás, Tomé, Toribio y Domingo .

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san m. (plural sanes)

1. (Dominican Republic) financial, temporal-savings scheme. The participants periodically contribute a quota to a communal pot that is given to one member, based on his/her turn amongst all the others.

[edit] Etymology 2

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san f. (plural sanes)

1. san; the Greek letter M, ϻ

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[edit] Torres Strait Creole

[edit] Etymology

From English sun.

[edit] Noun

san

1. sun

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun

san

1. name
2. reputation