sane

See also: sané and sáně

English

Etymology

From Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Adjective

sane (comparative saner, superlative sanest)

1. Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.

   a sane mind

2. Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.

   a sane person

3. Rational; reasonable; sensible.

   Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.

Synonyms

• (possessing mental faculties): in one's right mind, play with a full deck
• See also Thesaurus:sane.

Antonyms

• insane
• crazy
• unbalanced
• See also Thesaurus:insane.

Related terms

• (being healthy): sanity, mental health
• (possessing mental faculties): compos mentis, right-minded

Translations

mentally healthy

• Arabic: عَاقِل‎‎ (ar) (ʿāqil)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神志正常 (shénzhì zhèngcháng), 頭腦清楚 (zh), 头脑清楚 (zh) (tóunǎo qīngchu), 頭腦清晰, 头脑清晰 (tóunǎo qīngxī)

• Esperanto: prudenta (eo)
• Finnish: terve (fi); järjissään (adverb)
• French: sain (fr)
• Hebrew: שָׁפוּי‎‎ (he) m (shafúy)
• Indonesian: waras (id)

• Italian: sano (it) (di mente)
• Norwegian: tilregnelig, fornuftig (no)
• Portuguese: são (pt) m, sã (pt) f
• Romanian: sănătos (ro) m
• Russian: в своём уме́ (v svojóm umé), в здра́вом уме́ (v zdrávom umé), вменя́емый (ru) (vmenjájemyj)
• Spanish: cuerdo (es)
• Swahili: razini (sw)
• Yiddish: קלאָר‎‎ (klor)

Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神志正常 (shénzhì zhèngcháng), 頭腦清楚 (zh), 头脑清楚 (zh) (tóunǎo qīngchu), 頭腦清晰, 头脑清晰 (tóunǎo qīngxī)

• Esperanto: prudenta (eo), racia
• Finnish: tervejärkinen (fi)
• French: sain d'esprit m

• Italian: ragionevole (it)
• Polish: rozsądny (pl) m
• Russian: здравомы́слящий (ru) (zdravomýsljaščij)
• Swahili: razini (sw)

Anagrams

• ENSA, Esan, NAEs, NESA, Sean, Sena, eans, ensa, nase, sean

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Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sane]

Adjective

sane

1. bad

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsane/
• Hyphenation: sa‧ne
• Rhymes: -ane

Adverb

sane

1. healthily

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Finnish

Etymology

< sana (“word”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑneˣ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ne̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑne
• Hyphenation: sa‧ne

Noun

sane

1. (linguistics) vocable (word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning)
2. word token

Declension

Inflection of sane (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative		sane	saneet
genitive		saneen	saneiden saneitten
partitive		sanetta	saneita
illative		saneeseen	saneisiin saneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sane	saneet
accusative	nom.	sane	saneet
	gen.	saneen
genitive		saneen	saneiden saneitten
partitive		sanetta	saneita
inessive		saneessa	saneissa
elative		saneesta	saneista
illative		saneeseen	saneisiin saneihin
adessive		saneella	saneilla
ablative		saneelta	saneilta
allative		saneelle	saneille
essive		saneena	saneina
translative		saneeksi	saneiksi
instructive		—	sanein
abessive		saneetta	saneitta
comitative		—	saneineen

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Italian

Adjective

sane f pl

1. Feminine plural of adjective sano.

Anagrams

• anse

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Japanese

Romanization

sane

1. Rōmaji transcription of さね

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Latin

Etymology

From sānus (“healthy; sane”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.neː/

Adverb

sānē (comparative sānius, superlative sānissimē)

1. soundly, healthily, well
2. soberly, sensibly, reasonably, discreetly
3. (by extension) truly, indeed; certainly, right, really; quite, very

   Synonym: valde

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.ne/, [ˈsaː.nɛ]

Adjective

sāne

1. vocative masculine singular of sānus

References

• sane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem
    
• sane in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• sane in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Portuguese

Verb

sane

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of sanar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of sanar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of sanar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of sanar

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Spanish

Verb

sane

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sanar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sanar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sanar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of sanar.