syn

See also: sýn, syn-, -syn, and

English

Etymology

From Greek syn-, with, together, having same function as co-, (synthesis, synoptic)

Adjective

syn (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 0° and 90°.

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Afrikaans

Pronoun

syn

  1. Obsolete form of sy.

Particle

syn

  1. Obsolete form of se.
  2. Obsolete form of s'n.

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

syn m anim

  1. son

Declension

Antonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • syn in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • syn in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýn, cognate to se.

Noun

syn

  1. vision, faculty of sight
    Hun har nedsat syn på det højre øje.
    She has reduced vision in the right eye.
  2. a way of perceiving something
    De havde et ganske andet syn på sandsynlighedsfeltsbegrebet.
    They had quite another view of the concept of the probability field.
    Sikke dog et forskruet og forældet menneskesyn!
    What a twisted and antiquated view of humans!

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

syn

  1. vision (mystical event)
    Shamanen påstår at have fået et syn.
    The shaman claims to have received a vision.

Declension


Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɨn/

Noun

syn m (diminutive synk)

  1. son

Declension

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • synašk

References

  • syn in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
  • syn in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sýn

Noun

syn n (definite singular synet, indefinite plural syn or syner, definite plural syna or synene) (genitive form syne)

  1. sight, eyesight, vision (ability to see)
  2. a sight
    et vakkert syn - a beautiful sight
  3. komme til syne (old genitive form) - come into sight
  4. a vision or hallucination
  5. a premonition
  6. a view (opinion)

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syːn/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sýn

Noun

syn n (definite singular synet, indefinite plural syn, definite plural syna)
syn f (definite singular syna, indefinite plural syner, definite plural synene)

  1. sight, eyesight, vision (ability to see)
  2. a sight
    eit vakkert syn - a beautiful sight
  3. (especially feminine) a vision
  4. (feminine plural only) hallucinations
  5. a view (opinion)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

syn

  1. imperative of syna

References


Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Pronunciation

Noun

sȳn f

  1. sight, ability to see
  2. appearance

Declension

Descendants


Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɨn/
  • (file)

Noun

syn m pers (diminutive synek)

  1. son

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • syn in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sin/
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

syn m (genitive singular syna, nominative plural synovia, genitive plural synov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. son

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • syn in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sȳn, from Old Norse sýn, sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

syn c

  1. sight (ability to see), vision
  2. a sight, a view
  3. a vision, a revelation (of the future)

Declension

Declension of syn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative syn synen syner synerna
Genitive syns synens syners synernas

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Noun

syn m

  1. son

Declension


West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sin/

Determiner

syn

  1. his (third-person singular masculine possessive determiner)
  2. its (third-person singular neuter possessive determiner)

See also

Further reading

  • syn”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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