sang

See also Sang, sāng, sǎng, sàng, säng, sång, and sáng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sæŋ/, SAMPA: /"s{N/

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• Rhymes: -æŋ

Verb

sang

1. Simple past of sing.

Anagrams

• AGNs gans, nags, snag

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sanguis. Compare French sang, Italian sangue, Romanian sânge, Spanish sangre.

Noun

sang f. (plural sangs)

1. blood

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫngr.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [sɑŋˀ]

Noun

sang c. (singular definite sangen, plural indefinite sange)

1. song
2. singing

Inflection

    Inflection of sang

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	sang	sangen	sange	sangene
genitive	sangs	sangens	sanges	sangenes

Verb

sang

1. past of synge

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French

Etymology

Old French sanc, from Latin sanguis. Compare Catalan sang, Italian sangue, Romanian sânge, Spanish sangre.

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• IPA: /sɑ̃/
• Homophones: cent, sans

Noun

sang m. (plural sangs)

1. blood

Related terms

saigner sang-froid sanglant

sanguin sanguinaire se faire un sang d'encre

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

sang

1. past tense of singen

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Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German sank, from Old Saxon sang, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Cognate with Old High German sanc (German Gesang (“singing”)), Old Norse sǫngr. Modern cognates include English song and Swedish sång. Related to singen (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zʌŋk/
• (Schleswig-Holstein) IPA: /sʌŋk/

Noun

sang m. (Genitive sanges)

1. the act of singing
2. a chant, a song

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Mandarin

Romanization

sang

1. Nonstandard spelling of sāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sǎng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sàng.

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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Middle French

Etymology

Old French sanc, from Latin sanguis

Noun

sang m. (plural sangz)

1. blood

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sang m. (definite singular sangen; indefinite plural sanger; definite plural sangene)

1. song

Verb

sang

1. past tense of synge

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Occitan

Noun

sang m. and f. (uncountable)

1. blood

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Cognate with Old High German sanc, Old Norse sǫngr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɑŋɡ/

Noun

sang m.

1. song

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin sanguis.

Noun

sang m.

1. blood

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Vietnamese

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Adjective

sang

1. expensive, luxurious

Verb

sang

1. to go over, to come over, to cross
2. to transfer
3. to be noble