sine
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin sinus, originally by mistranslation of Arabic جب (jubb). Ultimately from Sanskrit.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
sine (plural sines)
- (trigonometry, mathematics) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
Usage notes [edit]
In various branches of mathematics, the sine of an angle is determined in various ways, including the following:
- The y-coordinate of the point on the unit circle at the given anticlockwise angle from the x-axis.
- The sum of the real or complex power series

where x is in radians.
Synonyms [edit]
- Symbol: sin
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
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See also [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Danish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /siːnə/, [ˈsiːnə], [ˌsiːnə]
Pronoun [edit]
sine
- plural of sin
See also [edit]
| Number | Person | Inflection | Nominative | Accusative | Possessive | Reflexive | Reflexive possessive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | common | jeg | mig | min | ||
| neuter | mit | ||||||
| plural | mine | ||||||
| Second | common | du | dig | din | |||
| neuter | dit | ||||||
| plural | dine | ||||||
| formal | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
| Third | masculine | han | ham | hans | sig | sin | |
| feminine | hun | hende | hendes | ||||
| common | den | den | dens | ||||
| neuter | det | det | dets | sit | |||
| plural | sine | ||||||
| Plural | First | — | vi | os | vores | ||
| common | vor | ||||||
| neuter | vort | ||||||
| plural | vore | ||||||
| Second | – | I | jer | jeres | |||
| formal | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
| Third | – | de | dem | deres | sig | ||
Irish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈʃinʲə/
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old Irish sine, siniu, comparative form of sen (“old”).
Adjective [edit]
sine
- comparative form of sean: older
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old Irish sine (“teat, dug, pap”), from Proto-Celtic *svenio for Proto-Indo-European *spenio. Cognate with Old Norse speni (“teat”), Scottish Gaelic spain (“udder”).
Noun [edit]
sine f
Declension [edit]
Mutation [edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sine | shine after "an", tsine |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *sene-, *sane- (“apart, without”). Cognate with Old English sundor (“apart, separately, by oneself”). More at sunder.
Pronunciation [edit]
Preposition [edit]
sine (+ ablative)
- without
- Sum sine regno.
- I am without a kingdom.
- Sum sine regno.
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
Neapolitan [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /'sinɛ/, /'sinɐ/
Particle [edit]
sine
Norwegian Bokmål [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse sínir.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /siːne/
Determiner [edit]
sine pl
- plural of sin
References [edit]
- “sin” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse sínir.
Pronunciation [edit]
Determiner [edit]
sine pl
- plural of sin
References [edit]
- “sin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
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Romanian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin sē, as with mine, tine.
Pronunciation [edit]
Pronoun [edit]
sine (stressed reflexive-accusative form of el, ea, ei and ele)
Synonyms [edit]
- se (unstressed form)
Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈʃinə/
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Irish sine (“teat”), from Old Irish sine (“teat, dug, pap”), from Proto-Celtic *svenio for Proto-Indo-European *spenio. Cognate with Old Norse speni (“teat”), Scottish spain (“udder”).
Noun [edit]
sine f (genitive sine, plural sinean)
Etymology 2 [edit]
Adjective [edit]
sine
- comparative form of sean
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English terms with homophones
- English nouns
- en:Trigonometry
- en:Mathematics
- Danish pronouns
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish adjective forms
- Irish adjective comparative forms
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish nouns
- ga:Anatomy
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin prepositions
- Neapolitan particles
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål determiners
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk determiners
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian personal pronouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic adjective forms
- Scottish Gaelic adjective comparative forms
- gd:Anatomy
