English - Etymology 1

Noun

san (plural sans)

1. A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa.

See also

• San (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:San (letter)

English - Etymology 2

sanatorium

Pronunciation

Noun

san (plural sans)

1. (dated, informal) A sanatorium.
   • 1940, Enid Blyton, The Naughtiest Girl in the School

     "Haven't you heard?" said Belinda. "Joan's ill! She'd got a high temperature, and she's in bed in the San."

   • 2005, Dan Soucoup, ‎Richard Thorne McCully, McCully's New Brunswick (page 137)

     River Glade Sanatorium, River Glade, June 25, 1931. The "San" at River Glade with the Petitcodiac River in the background.

English - Anagrams

• ans.
• NAS
• NSA

Catalan - Noun

san f (plural sans)

1. San; the Archaic Greek letter Ϻ (lowercase ϻ).

Classical Nahuatl - Particle

san

1. Alternative spelling of zan

French - Noun

san m (plural san)

1. san (Greek letter)

French - Anagrams

• ans

Garifuna - Etymology

Probably from French cent.

Garifuna - Cardinal Number

san

1. (cardinal) hundred

Haitian Creole - Numeral

san

1. (cardinal) hundred

Irish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˠənˠ] (before a, o, u, fha, fho, fhu)
• IPA^(key): [sˠənʲ] (before e, i, fhe, fhi)

Irish - Contraction

san

1. preposition i + definite article an: in the (singular)

Usage notes

Used before vowel sounds and f (which lenites):

• san amhrán – "in the song"
• san fhocal – "in the word"

Related terms

• sa (used before consonant sounds)
• sna (plural)

Italian - Etymology 1

Noun

san m, f (invariable)

1. san (Greek letter)

Italian - Etymology 2

• see santo

Noun

san m (invariable)

1. (used before a consonant) apocopic form of santo saint

   San Pietro — “Saint Peter”

See also

• sant', santo

Japanese - Romanization

san

1. rōmaji reading of さん
2. rōmaji reading of サン

Kuna - Noun

san

1. meat

Lojban - Rafsi

san

1. rafsi of spano.

Mandarin - Romanization

san

1. Nonstandard spelling of sān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English - Verb

sãn

1. alternative form of seien

Norman - Etymology

From Vulgar Latin sum, from Classical Latin suum

Norman - Determiner

san m

1. (Jersey) his, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns)

North Frisian - Etymology

From Old Frisian sunne. Cognates include West Frisian sinne.

North Frisian - Noun

san m

1. (Mooring and Föhr-Amrum dialects) sun

   (Föhr-Amrum) a san gungt up

   The sun rises.

   (Föhr-Amrum) a san gungt oner

   The sun sets.

Old French - Noun

san m (oblique plural sans, nominative singular sans, nominative plural san)

1. alternative form of sens

Rohingya - Etymology

From Bengali চাঁদ (tʃām̐da).

Rohingya - Noun

san

1. moon

Scottish Gaelic - Etymology

anns + an

Scottish Gaelic - Preposition

san

1. in the

Usage notes

• This form is not used before nouns beginning with b, c, g, m or p, where sa' is used instead.
• If followed by f, the f is lenited.

  facal - word

  san fhacal - in the word

Related terms

• ann an

Serbo-Croatian - Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *su(o)pnum, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos (“dream”).

Serbo-Croatian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sân/

Serbo-Croatian - Noun

sȁn m (Cyrillic spelling са̏н)

1. dream

Declension

Derived terms

Spanish - Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -an

Spanish - Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (in proper nouns, capitalized) San

Adjective

san m (apocopate, standard form santo)

1. (before the noun) apocopic form of santo saint

Usage notes

Not used in front of the following names (use santo instead): Tomás, Tomé, Toribio y Domingo .

Noun

san m (plural sanes)

1. (Dominican Republic) financial, temporal-savings scheme. The participants periodically contribute a quota to a communal pot that is given to one member, based on his/her turn amongst all the others.

Spanish - Etymology 2

Noun

san f (plural sanes)

1. san; the Greek letter M, ϻ

Tok Pisin - Etymology

English sun

Tok Pisin - Noun

san

1. sun
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:15 (translation here):

     God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.

Derived terms

• sankamap

Torres Strait Creole - Etymology

From English sun.

Torres Strait Creole - Noun

san

1. sun

Turkish - Noun

san (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

1. name
2. reputation

Vietnamese - Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA ^(key): /s̪aːn˧˧/
• (Huế) IPA ^(key): /ʂaːŋ˧˧/
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA ^(key): /ʂaːŋ˧˥/

Vietnamese - Noun

san

1. review
2. journal

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