san
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
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san (plural sans)
- A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercaseϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa.
[edit] See also
San (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:San (letter)
[edit] Etymology 2
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san (plural sans)
- (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."
- 1940, Enid Blyton, The Naughtiest Girl in the School
[edit] Catalan
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san f. (plural sans)
[edit] Classical Nahuatl
[edit] Particle
san
- Alternative spelling of zan.
[edit] Croatian
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sъnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos (“‘dream’”).
[edit] Noun
sȁn m.
[edit] Declension
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | sȁn | snȍvi / snȉ |
| genitive | snȁ | snȏvā |
| dative | snu | snovima /snima |
| accusative | san | snove / sne |
| vocative | snu | snovi / sni |
| locative | snu | snovima / snima |
| instrumental | snom | snovima / snima |
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[edit] French
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san m. inv.
- san (Greek letter)
[edit] Garifuna
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san
- (cardinal) hundred
[edit] Irish
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Contraction
san (preposition + definite article fusion , i + an)
[edit] Usage notes
Used before vowel sounds and f (which lenites:
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
san (apocopate)
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[edit] Japanese
[edit] Numeral
san (さん)
[edit] Noun
san (さん)
- 酸: acid
- 桟: crosspiece
- 産: delivery, childbirth
-san (-さん)
[edit] Kuna
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san
[edit] Mandarin
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- three
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san
- 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.
[edit] North Frisian
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san
[edit] Rohingya
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san
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Preposition
san
[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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[edit] Serbo-Croatian
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sъnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos (“‘dream’”).
[edit] Noun
sȁn m. (Cyrillic spelling: са̏н)
[edit] Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sȁn | snȍvi / snȉ |
| genitive | snȁ | snȏvā |
| dative | snu | snovima /snima |
| accusative | san | snove / sne |
| vocative | snu | snovi / sni |
| locative | snu | snovima / snima |
| instrumental | snom | snovima / snima |
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[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Alternative forms
- (in proper nouns, capitalized) San
[edit] Adjective
san m. (apocopate, standard form santo)
[edit] Usage notes
Not used in front of the following names (use santo instead): Tomás, Tomé, Toribio y Domingo .
[edit] Noun
san m. (plural sanes)
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- (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.
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san f. (plural sanes)
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[edit] Torres Strait Creole
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san
[edit] Turkish
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san