san

See also Appendix:Variations of "san"

English

Etymology 1

san

Noun

san (plural sans)

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

See also

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

Etymology 2

sanatorium

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

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."

Anagrams

• ans.
• NAS
• NSA

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Catalan

Noun

san f (plural sans)

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

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Classical Nahuatl

Particle

san

1. Alternative spelling of zan.

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French

Noun

san m (invariable)

1. san (Greek letter)

Anagrams

• ans

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Garifuna

Etymology

Probably from French cent.

Cardinal number

san

1. (cardinal) hundred

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Haitian Creole

Numeral

san

1. (cardinal) hundred

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Irish

Pronunciation

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

Contraction

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

1. in the (singular)

Usage notes

Used before vowel sounds and f (which lenites):

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

Related terms

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

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology 1

Noun

san m, f (invariable)

1. san (Greek letter)

Etymology 2

• see santo

Noun

san m (invariable)

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

   San Pietro — “Saint Peter”

See also

• sant', santo

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Japanese

Romanization

san

1. See さん

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin sum, from Classical Latin suum

Determiner

san m (singular)

1. (possessive) his, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns)

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Kuna

Noun

san

1. meat

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Lojban

Rafsi

san

1. rafsi of spano.

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Mandarin

Romanization

san

1. Nonstandard spelling of sān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sàn.

Usage notes

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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North Frisian

Noun

san

1. sun

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Old French

Noun

san m (oblique plural sans, nominative singular sans, nominative plural san)

1. Alternative form of sens.

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali চাঁদ (tʃām̐da).

Noun

san

1. moon

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

anns + an

Preposition

san

1. in the

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

Related terms

• ann an

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sân/

Noun

sȁn m (Cyrillic spelling са̏н)

1. dream

Declension

    declension of san

	singular	plural
nominative	sȁn	snȏvi / snȉ
genitive	snȁ	snȏvā
dative	snȕ	snȏvima / snȉma
accusative	sȁn	snȏve / snȅ
vocative	snȕ	snȏvi / snȉ
locative	snȕ	snȏvima / snȉma
instrumental	snȍm	snȏvima / snȉma

Derived terms

• sȁnak
• sànen
• sánjati
• snòvati

• snȉti
• snòvid
• snȍvit

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -an

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (in proper nouns, capitalized) San

Adjective

san m (apocopate, standard form santo)

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

Usage notes

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

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

san f (plural sanes)

1. san; the Greek letter M, ϻ

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English sun

Noun

san

1. sun
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:15 (translation here):

     God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.

Derived terms

• sankamap

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English sun.

Noun

san

1. sun

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Turkish

Noun

san

1. name
2. reputation

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Vietnamese

Noun

san

1. review
2. journal