sunt

See also: sûnt, sünt, and šunt

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sunt/, [s̠ʊn̪t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sunt/, [sun̪t̪]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) sunt

1. third-person plural present active indicative of sum

   Marcus et Lucius sunt nautae.

   Marcus and Lucius are sailors.

   Sunt iuvenēs.

   They are young.

   Sunt silvae in prōvinciā.

   There are forests in the province.

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Manx

Etymology

From Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”) of Germanic origin.

Verb

sunt (verbal noun suntal or sunteil, past participle suntit)

1. (nautical) to sound, fathom, chart by sounding

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

sunt

1. neuter singular of sunn

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

sunt

1. neuter singular of sunn

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Old French

Alternative forms

• sont

Verb

sunt

1. (Anglo-Norman) third-person plural present indicative of estre

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Old Irish

Adverb

sunt

1. Alternative spelling of sund

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• sînt (dated)

Etymology

From Latin sum (“I am”) and sunt (“they are”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sunt], [sɨnt]

Verb

sunt

1. first-person singular present indicative of fi

   Sunt un bărbat.

   I'm a man.

   Sunt un băiat de șapte ani.

   I'm a seven-year-old boy. (literally, I'm a boy of seven years.)

2. third-person plural present indicative of fi

   Ei sunt bărbați.

   They are men.

Usage notes

• This word was spelled sînt until the 1993 spelling reform (which also changed sîntem to suntem and sînteți to sunteți). Indeed, the sînt spelling remains common in Moldova and is still used by some in Romania (especially among the older generation).

Synonyms

• îs

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Saterland Frisian

Verb

sunt

1. Form of weese

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Swedish

Adjective

sunt

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite neuter singular of sund

Anagrams

• snut