sinner

See also: Sinner

English

Etymology

From Middle English synnere, equivalent to sin +‎ -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säänder (“sinner”), West Frisian sûnder (“sinner”), Dutch zondaar (“sinner”), German Low German Sünder, Sünner (“sinner”), German Sünder (“sinner”), Danish synder (“sinner”), Swedish syndare (“sinner”), Icelandic syndari (“sinner”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
• Homophone: center (pin-pen merger)

Noun

sinner (plural sinners)

1. A person who sins or has sinned.

   Synonyms: criminal, evildoer, offender

   1. A person who, by one particular action, has sinned.
      • 2016, Janet Edmonds, The Bible Doesn’t Say That Homosexuality is a Sin:

        Some Christians believe the Bible tells us that homosexuals are sinners. The current trend of increased acceptance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community is distressing to these Christians who sincerely want to follow the Bible.

   2. (Christianity, doctrinal) An unregenerate person.
2. (figuratively, by extension) A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.
   1. One who lives a hedonist life; a self-indulgent person.

      Are you a sinner or a saint?

Hyponyms

• fasiq (one who has sinned by violating Islamic law)

Derived terms

• hate the sin but love the sinner
• love the sinner but hate the sin
• sinnerhood

 

Translations

person who has sinned

• Albanian: mëkatar (sq) m, mëkatare (sq) f
• Arabic: خَاطِئ m (ḵāṭiʔ), آثِم (ar) (ʔāṯim)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: günahkar (az)
• Belarusian: грэ́шнік m (hréšnik), грэ́шніца f (hréšnica)
• Bulgarian: гре́шник (bg) m (gréšnik), гре́шница f (gréšnica)
• Catalan: pecador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 罪人 (zeoi⁶ jan⁴)

  Hakka: 罪人 (chhui-ngìn)

  Hokkien: 罪人 (zh-min-nan) (chōe-jîn)

  Mandarin: 罪人 (zh) (zuìrén)

• Czech: hříšník (cs) m, hříšnice (cs) f
• Dalmatian: pecataur m, pecaudur m
• Danish: synder c
• Dutch: zondaar (nl) m
• Esperanto: pekanto
• Finnish: syntinen (fi)
• French: pécheur (fr) m, pécheresse (fr) f

  Old French: pecheor m

• Friulian: pecjadôr m
• German: Sünder (de) m, Sünderin (de) f
• Greek: αμαρτωλός (el) m (amartolós)

  Ancient: ἁμαρτωλός m (hamartōlós)

• Greenlandic: ajortilik
• Haitian Creole: pechè
• Hebrew: חוטא m (khoté), חוטאת f (khotét)
• Hungarian: bűnös (hu)
• Irish: peacach m

  Old Irish: peccad m

• Italian: peccatore (it) m, peccatrice (it) f
• Japanese: 罪人 (ja) (ざいにん, zainin, つみびと, tsumibito)
• Kaqchikel: ajmak
• Kazakh: күнәһар (künähar)
• Korean: 죄인(罪人) (ko) (joein)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gunehkar (ku) m or f

• Kyrgyz: күнөөкөр (künöökör)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: peccātor m, peccans m
• Lezgi: гунагькар (gunahkar)
• Macedonian: грешник m (grešnik), грешница f (grešnica)
• Malay: orang berdosa
• Manx: peccah m
• Maori: kaihara
• Occitan: pecador (oc) m, pecaire (oc)

  Old Occitan: peccador

• Old English: synful
• Persian: گناه‌کار (gonâh-kâr)
• Polish: grzesznik (pl) m, grzesznica (pl) f
• Portuguese: pecador (pt) m, pecadora (pt) f
• Russian: гре́шник (ru) m (gréšnik), гре́шница (ru) f (gréšnica)
• Sardinian: pecadore m, pecadori
• Scottish Gaelic: peacach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: грешник m, грешница f

  Roman: grešnik (sh) m, grešnica (sh) f

• Sicilian: piccaturi m
• Slovak: hriešnik m, hriešnica f
• Slovene: grešnik (sl) m, grešnica f
• Spanish: pecador m, pecadora (es) f
• Swahili: mwenye dhambi class 1/2
• Swedish: syndare (sv) c
• Tagalog: makasalanan
• Tajik: гунаҳкор (gunahkor)
• Tatar: гөнаһкәр (gönahkär)
• Telugu: దోషకారి (te) (dōṣakāri)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: günahkâr (tr)
• Turkmen: günäkär
• Ukrainian: грі́шник m (hríšnyk), грі́шниця f (hríšnycja)
• Uyghur: گۇناھكار (gunahkar)
• Uzbek: gunohkor (uz)
• Venetian: pecador m
• Vietnamese: tội nhân (vi) (罪人), người có tội, người phạm tội
• Volapük: (♂♀) sinan (vo), (♂) hisinan, (♀) jisinan (vo)
• Welsh: pechadur m

(figuratively, by extension) A person with negative qualities

• Maori: whiro

Anagrams

• inners, niners, renins

Norman

Etymology

From Latin signō, signāre, from signum (“mark, sign”).

Verb

sinner

1. (Jersey) to sign