san

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

san

[edit] Noun

san (plural sans)

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

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[edit] Etymology 2

sanatorium

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] 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."

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

san f. (plural sans)

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

[edit] Classical Nahuatl

[edit] Particle

san

  1. Alternative spelling of zan.

[edit] French

[edit] Noun

san m. inv.

  1. san (Greek letter)

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[edit] Garifuna

[edit] Etymology

Probably from French cent.

[edit] Cardinal number

san

  1. (cardinal) hundred

[edit] Haitian Creole

[edit] Cardinal number

san

  1. (cardinal) hundred

[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Contraction

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

  1. in the (singular)

[edit] Usage notes

Used before vowel sounds and f (which lenites):

[edit] Related terms

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

[edit] Italian

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[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Noun

san m. and f. inv.

  1. san (Greek letter)

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

san (apocopate) m. inv.

  1. (used before a consonant) apocopic form of santo saint
    San Pietro — “Saint Peter”

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Number

san (さん)

  1. : three

[edit] Noun

san (hiragana さん)

  1. : acid
  2. : crosspiece
  3. : delivery, childbirth

[edit] Kuna

[edit] Noun

san

  1. meat

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Romanization

san

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

[edit] 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.


[edit] North Frisian

[edit] Noun

san

  1. sun

[edit] Rohingya

[edit] Etymology

From Bengali চাঁদ (tʃām̐da).

[edit] Noun

san

  1. moon

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

anns + an

[edit] Preposition

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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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

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

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[edit] Noun

sȁn m. (Cyrillic spelling са̏н)

  1. dream

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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)

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

  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

[edit] Noun

san f. (plural sanes)

  1. san; the Greek letter M, ϻ

[edit] Torres Strait Creole

[edit] Etymology

From English sun.

[edit] Noun

san

  1. sun

[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun

san

  1. name
  2. reputation

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Noun

san

  1. review
  2. journal
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