sinner

See also: Sinner

English

Etymology

From Middle English synnere, seneȝere, from Old English *synġere, *synnere, from Proto-Germanic *sundārijaz (“sinner”), equivalent to sin +‎ -er. Cognate with 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnɚ/

• Audio (US):

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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

2. A person who sins or has sinned by the action or identity indicated or previously mentioned
   • 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..

3. (theology) An unregenerate person.
4. (figuratively, by extension) A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.

   Are you a sinner or a saint?

Hyponyms

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

Translations

person who has sinned

• Arabic: خَاطِئ m (ḵāṭiʔ)
• 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)

  Mandarin: 罪人 (zh) (zùirén)

  Min Nan: 罪人 (zh-min-nan) (chōe-jîn)

• Czech: hříšník (cs) m, hříšnice 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)

• 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 (ko) (joein) (罪人)
• Kyrgyz: күнөөкөр (künöökör)
• Latin: peccātor m, peccans m
• Lezgi: гунагькар (gunahkar)
• Macedonian: грешник m (grešnik), грешница f (grešnica)
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• Malay: orang berdosa
• Manx: peccah m
• Maori: kaihara
• Occitan: pecador (oc) m, pecaire (oc)
• Old Occitan: peccador
• Persian: گناه‌کار (gonâhkâr)
• 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)
• 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
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Anagrams

• inners, niners, renins

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin signō, signāre, from signum (“mark, sign”).

Verb

sinner

1. (Jersey) to sign