sino

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sino"

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧no
• IPA^(key): /ˈsino/ [ˈs̪i.n̪o]

Noun

sino

1. mature coconut fruit

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin sinus (“bosom; pocket, lap”). Compare Italian seno, French sein. Doublet of sinuso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsino/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: si‧no

Noun

sino (accusative singular sinon, plural sinoj, accusative plural sinojn)

1. lap (upper legs of a seated person)

   La knabo sidis sur la sino de sia avino.

   The boy sat on his grandmother's lap.

Derived terms

• sinokomputilo (“laptop”)

Galician

sinos

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sino (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin signum (“bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognate with Portuguese sino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no̝/

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. bell

   Synonym: campá

2. sign

   Synonyms: signo, sinal

3. destiny, fate

   Synonym: destino

Derived terms

• Monte do Sino
• sineiro
• Sineiro
• Sino

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “sino”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sino”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sino”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sino”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sino”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inari Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

siṇo

1. short grass

Inflection

Even o-stem, ṇ-n gradation
Nominative	siṇo
Genitive	sino
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	siṇo	sinoh
Accusative	sino	sinoid
Genitive	sino	sinoi
Illative	siṇon	sinoid
Locative	siinoost	sinoin
Comitative	sinoin	sinoiguin
Abessive	sinottáá	sinoittáá
Essive	sinnoon
Partitive	sinnood
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: sì‧no

Preposition

sino

1. alternative form of fino

Derived terms

• persino
• sin d'ora
• sin da
• sin qui
• sinché
• sinora

Anagrams

• Niso, Sion, niso, soni

Ladino

Alternative forms

• sinón

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sinon.

Conjunction

sino (Hebrew spelling סינו)

1. but (rather)
   • 2002, Gad Nassi, editor, En Tierras Ajenas Yo Me Vo Murir: Tekstos Kontemporanos en Djudeo-espaniol : Leyenda de Una Lingua - Haketia - Kuentos. Memorias - Meliselda - Oki Oki‎^[2], Isis, →ISBN, page 361:

     ‘Yo no so hombre, sino mujer djudia i ainda esto muchacha i atada kon un mansevo.’

     I am no man, but rather a Jewess and I remain a maiden committed with a lad.’

2. if not; otherwise
   • 2002, Gad Nassi, editor, En Tierras Ajenas Yo Me Vo Murir: Tekstos Kontemporanos en Djudeo-espaniol : Leyenda de Una Lingua - Haketia - Kuentos. Memorias - Meliselda - Oki Oki‎^[3], Isis, →ISBN, page 81:

     “Senior,” disho Yaakov, “kere merkar la lolana? Sino la vendere a alungo de otro.”

     ‘Sir,’ said Jacob, ‘want to buy the dress? Otherwise I shall sell it to somebody else.’

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sinō, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱi-né-ti, denominative present of the root *tḱey- (“to build, cultivate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪ.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.no]

Verb

sinō (present infinitive sinere, perfect active sīvī or siī, supine situm); third conjugation

1. to let; to permit; to allow

   Synonyms: remittō, permittō, immittō, concēdō, cēdō, condōnō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.17–18:

     hoc rēgnum dea gentibus esse –
     sī quā fāta sinant – iam tum tenditque fovetque.

     The goddess already aims and fondly hopes that this kingdom – if in any way the fates were to allow it – become [sovereign] over nations.

2. to put; to lay; to set down

   Synonyms: collocō, impōnō, pōnō, cōnstituō, statuō, fīgō, sistō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sinō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sinō		sinis		sinit		sinimus		sinitis		sinunt
	imperfect	sinēbam		sinēbās		sinēbat		sinēbāmus		sinēbātis		sinēbant
	future	sinam		sinēs		sinet		sinēmus		sinētis		sinent
	perfect	sīvī, siī		sīvistī, sīstī, siistī1		sīvit, sīt, siit1		sīvimus, sīmus, siimus1		sīvistis, sīstis, siistis1		sīvērunt, sīrunt, sīvēre, siērunt, siēre1
	pluperfect	sīveram, sīram, sieram1		sīverās, sīrās, sierās1		sīverat, sīrat, sierat1		sīverāmus, sīrāmus, sierāmus1		sīverātis, sīrātis, sierātis1		sīverant, sīrant, sierant1
	future perfect	sīverō, sīrō, sierō1		sīveris, sīris, sieris1		sīverit, sīrit, sierit1		sīverimus, sīrimus, sierimus1		sīveritis, sīritis, sieritis1		sīverint, sīrint, sierint1
passive	present	sinor		sineris, sinere		sinitur		sinimur		siniminī		sinuntur
	imperfect	sinēbar		sinēbāris, sinēbāre		sinēbātur		sinēbāmur		sinēbāminī		sinēbantur
	future	sinar		sinēris, sinēre		sinētur		sinēmur		sinēminī		sinentur
	perfect	situs + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	situs + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	situs + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sinam		sinās		sinat		sināmus		sinātis		sinant
	imperfect	sinerem		sinerēs		sineret		sinerēmus		sinerētis		sinerent
	perfect	sīverim, sīrim, sierim1		sīverīs, sīrīs, sierīs1		sīverit, sīrit, sierit1		sīverīmus, sīrīmus, sierīmus1		sīverītis, sīrītis, sierītis1		sīverint, sīrint, sierint1
	pluperfect	sīvissem, sīssem, siissem1		sīvissēs, sīssēs, siissēs1		sīvisset, sīsset, siisset1		sīvissēmus, sīssēmus, siissēmus1		sīvissētis, sīssētis, siissētis1		sīvissent, sīssent, siissent1
passive	present	sinar		sināris, sināre		sinātur		sināmur		sināminī		sinantur
	imperfect	sinerer		sinerēris, sinerēre		sinerētur		sinerēmur		sinerēminī		sinerentur
	perfect	situs + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	situs + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sine		—		—		sinite		—
	future	—		sinitō		sinitō		—		sinitōte		sinuntō
passive	present	—		sinere		—		—		siniminī		—
	future	—		sinitor		sinitor		—		—		sinuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sinere			sinī			sinēns			—
future		sitūrum esse			situm īrī			sitūrus			sinendus, sinundus
perfect		sīvisse, sīsse, siisse1			situm esse			—			situs
future perfect		—			situm fore			—			—
perfect potential		sitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sinendī		sinendō		sinendum		sinendō		situm		sitū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• dēsinō
• pōnō
• situs

Further reading

• “sino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sino”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “site”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Noun

sino (mutated form zino)

1. sunshine

Derived terms

• mosino

References

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 187.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognate with Old Occitan senh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no/

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. bell
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 66 (facsimile):

     ſan pedro ſino tagia

     Saint Peter rang the bell

Synonyms

• campãa

Descendants

• Galician: sino
• Portuguese: sino (see there for further descendants)

Oyda

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sino

1. forehead

See also

• ac'c'i
• binana
• buc'c'i
• do:na
• dokko
• haye
• meterʃo
• sid'e
• sipins
• çuc'c'
• ʔape
• ʔilans
• ʔomma

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.nu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -inu
• Hyphenation: si‧no

Etymology 1

Sinos

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sino (“bell”), from Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

Cognate with Galician sino, Catalan seny and Romansh zain. Also related to French tocsin and English tocsin (both ultimately from Old Occitan senh (“bell”)). Doublet of senha, senho, and signo.

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. bell (percussive instrument)
   • 1913, Fernando Pessoa, Ó sino da minha aldeia:

     Ó sino da minha aldeia,
     Dolente na tarde calma,
     Cada tua badalada
     Soa dentro da minha alma.

     O bell of my village,
     Doleful in the calm afternoon,
     Each of thy tollings
     Sounds inside my soul.

Derived terms

• calças à boca de sino
• sineiro
• sineta
• torre sineira

Related terms

• assinar
• selo
• senha
• senho
• sigilo
• signa
• signo
• sina
• sinal

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: sinu
• Sinhalese: සීනුව (sīnuwa)
• Tetum: sinu

See also

• badalo
• campa
• campainha
• carrilhão
• chocalho
• guizo

Etymology 2

From Latin sinus. Doublet of seio and seno.

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. (archaic) gulf

   Synonyms: enseada, golfo

Related terms

• seio
• seno

Further reading

• “sino”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sino (Cyrillic spelling сино)

1. vocative singular of sina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsino/ [ˈsi.no]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: si‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin signum. Doublet of signo, cf. also seña. Cognate with English sign.

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. destiny, fate, lot

   Synonyms: hado, destino, azar, fario

Etymology 2

Univerbation of si (“if”) +‎ no (“not”). Compare Portuguese senão, French sinon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsino/ [ˈsi.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: si‧no

Conjunction

sino

1. but (rather) (after a negative clause)

   No es cantante, sino actor. ― He is not a singer, but an actor.

   • 2025 November 3, Hugo Maguey, “Uzbekistán: el corazón del mundo vuelve a latir [Uzbekistan: the heart of the world beats again]”, in El Sol de México‎^[4]:

     Por primera vez en más de 40 años, la Conferencia General de la UNESCO no se celebra en París, sino aquí, en Samarcanda, símbolo de los cruces de civilizaciones.

     For the first time in 40 years, the UNESCO General Conference is not held in Paris, but here, in Samarkand, symbol of the crossroads of civilizations.

2. except, apart from

   Synonyms: excepto, menos, salvo

   Todos fueron al parque, sino María. ― Everyone went to the park, except Maria.

3. only, solely (in a negative clause)

   No eres sino un alumno. ― You are solely a student.

Further reading

• “sino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cno — text messaging

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *si-nu. By surface analysis, si +‎ ano. Compare Brooke's Point Palawano sinu, Ilocano sino, Waray-Waray hin-o, and Yami sino. See also Malay si + Malay anu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsino/ [ˈsiː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: si‧no

Pronoun

sino (plural sino-sino, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜓ)

1. (interrogative) who

Derived terms

• gasino
• pagsinuhin
• sinech
• siney
• sino man
• sino-sino
• sinuhin

Further reading

• “sino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• nosi, inso, Ison

Yami

Etymology

Compare Brooke's Point Palawano sinu, Ilocano sino, Waray-Waray hin-o, and Tagalog sino.

Pronoun

sino

1. (interrogative) who

Zia

Noun

sino

1. dog