san

san (plural sans)

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

• sigma
• San (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Shortening of sanatorium.

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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."

   • 1958, Doris Lessing, A Ripple From the Storm, HarperPerennial 1995, p. 122:

     ‘I was in the san for ten months before the war. I know all the gen about being sick.’

   • 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.

• ANS, NAS, NAs, NSA, ans, ans.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsan/

san f (plural sans)

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

san

1. Alternative spelling of zan

From Proto-Mongolic *sam, compare Mongolian сам (sam).

• IPA^(key): /saŋ/

san

1. comb

• IPA^(key): /san/

san m (plural san)

1. san (Greek letter)

• ans

From Latin sānus.

san

1. healthy, sound

• sanetât

Probably from French cent.

san

1. hundred

From French cent (“hundred”)

san

1. hundred

From French sang (“blood”)

san

1. blood

From earlier ins an, from Old Irish issin(d), from Proto-Celtic *in sindū/sindai (“in the m sg/f sg dative”) and *in sindom/sindam (“into the m sg/f sg accusative”).

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

san

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

Used before vowel sounds and f (which lenites):

• san amhrán ― in the song
• san fhocal ― in the word

• "san" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “san” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

san m or f (invariable)

1. san (Greek letter)

• see santo

san m (invariable)

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

   San Pietro — “Saint Peter”

• sant', santo

san

1. Rōmaji transcription of さん
2. Rōmaji transcription of サン

san

1. meat

san (Zhuyin ˙ㄙㄢ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 𠮿

san

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

• 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.

A contracted form of earlier sægen, from Old English sæċġan, alternative form of seċġan.

sãn

1. Alternative form of seien

From Old French san, alternative form of senz.

san

1. Alternative form of saunz

From Vulgar Latin sum, from Classical Latin suum

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san m

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

From Old Frisian sunne. Cognates include West Frisian sinne.

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.

From Old Frisian sīn.

san m (feminine sin, neuter sin, plural sin)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) his

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

1. Alternative form of sens

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śwā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉwā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”), Latin canis (“dog”), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬥‎ (span, “dog”), Lithuanian šuo, Old Armenian շուն (šun), Old English hund (whence English hound).

san m

1. dog

Only consensus forms are shown.

• san in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

From Sanskrit candra; cognate with Bengali চাঁদ (cãdô).

san

1. moon

From anns + an, from Old Irish issin(d), from Proto-Celtic *in sindū/sindai (“in the m sg/f sg dative”) and *in sindom/sindam (“into the m sg/f sg accusative”).

san

1. in the

• 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

• ann an

From Proto-Slavic *sъnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *supnas, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos (“sleep, slumber; dream”).

• IPA^(key): /sân/

sȁn m (Cyrillic spelling са̏н)

1. dream

• IPA^(key): /san/, [sãn]
• Rhymes: -an

• (in proper nouns, capitalized) San

san m (apocopate, standard form santo)

1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of santo (“saint”)

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

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.

san f (plural sanes)

1. san; the Greek letter M, ϻ

san

1. number
2. shin, hind leg
3. limb

Borrowed from Russian са́ни (sáni).

san

1. sledge, sleigh

• Entry 8645 in Álgu database

From English sun

san

1. sun
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1:15:

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• sankamap

From English sun.

san

1. sun

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

1. name
2. reputation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧] ~ [saːŋ˧˧]

san

1. to flatten
2. to make equal