saint

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seɪnt/ Rhymes: -eɪnt (UK, as an unstressed, capitalised title) IPA(key): /sən(t)/, [sn̩(t)], [sɨn(t)] Rhymes: -ənt (UK, dialectal) IPA(key): /sɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt Homophones: sent, cent, scent === Etymology 1 === From Middle English saint, seint, sainct, seinct, sanct, senct, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”) and confluence with Old French saint, seinte (Modern French saint); both from Latin sānctus (“holy, consecrated”, in Late Latin as a noun, “a saint”), past participle of sancīre (“to render sacred, make holy”), akin to sacer (“holy, sacred”). Doublet of Sanctus. Displaced native Middle English halwe (“saint”) from Old English hālga (“saint, holy one”) (> Modern English hallow (“saint”)). ==== Noun ==== saint (plural saints) (religion, generally) A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue. (Christianity) One of the blessed in heaven. (Christianity) A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world. (Mormonism, specifically) Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”). (figuratively, by extension) A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good. (archaic) A holy object. ===== Alternative forms ===== (holy person): St, St. ===== Synonyms ===== (holy person): hallow (obsolete) ===== Hyponyms ===== (holy person): holy man (male, nondenominational); arhat (Buddhism); sage (East Asia and philosophical sects); immortal (Taoism); wali (Islamic saint); casis (Islamic saint, historical); sultan (Turkish Sufi saint); martyr (person revered for sacrificing their life for a cause, sometimes inclusive of secular reverence by nations or political parties); confessor (Christian saints other than martyrs); san (male Christian saint in Spanish contexts, usu. as a title); santa (female Christian saint in Spanish contexts, usu. as a title); sainte (female Christian saint in French contexts, usu. as a title) ===== Derived terms ===== See also the lists of derived terms at Saint and St ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== hallow, holy === Etymology 2 === From Middle English saynten, seinten, sonten, partly from Anglo-Norman saintir and partly from the noun Middle English seint, seynt (see above). ==== Verb ==== saint (third-person singular simple present saints, present participle sainting, simple past and past participle sainted) (transitive) Synonym of canonize: to honor, formally name, or revere as a saint. ===== Translations ===== === Further reading === “saint”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “saint”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === stain, stian, Sinta, Natsi, tians, insta-, Tians, Astin, Santi, tisan, satin, sat in, naits, Insta, Tanis, antis == French == === Etymology === From Latin sanctus (“holy”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛ̃/, (in liaison) /sɛ̃.t‿/ (Quebec) IPA(key): /sẽ/ Rhymes: -ɛ̃ Homophones: sain, sains, saints, sein, seing, seings, seins, ceins, ceint, ceints === Noun === saint m (plural saints, feminine sainte) a male saint; masculine of sainte === Adjective === saint (feminine sainte, masculine plural saints, feminine plural saintes) saintly (all meanings) ==== Derived terms ==== - in Belgian toponyms: - in Canadian toponyms: - In French toponyms: - In toponyms of French Guiana: - In Guadeloupean toponyms: - In Italian toponyms: - In toponyms of Martinique: - In toponyms of Réunion: - In Swiss toponyms: === Further reading === “saint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === tians == Irish == === Alternative forms === sainnt (superseded) === Etymology === From Old Irish sant, of uncertain origin; cognate with Manx saynt and Scottish Gaelic sannt. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *hwant (the source of Welsh chwant (“desire”)), from Proto-Celtic *swantos, provided the borrowing happened before *s became *h in Brythonic but after *ant became *ēdd in Goidelic, as the inherited Old Irish descendant of *swantos is sét (whence séad (“a valuable”) and seoid (“jewel”)). Against this hypothesis is the fact that Old Irish sét and Welsh chwant are masculine, while Old Irish sant and its descendants are feminine. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠɑinʲtʲ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠɪn̠ʲtʲ/ === Noun === saint f (genitive singular sainte) greed, avarice, covetousness great eagerness, desire ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== cíocras, gabhálacht (“avarice”) ==== Derived terms ==== santach === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “sainnt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 588 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “saint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Middle English == === Noun === saint (Ayenbite) alternative form of seynt == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French saint, from Latin sanctus (“holy”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === saint m (Jersey) holy === Noun === saint m (plural saints) (Jersey, religion) saint == Old French == === Alternative forms === sanct (rare) saent (rare) seint (common, chiefly Anglo-Norman) === Etymology === Latin sanctus === Noun === saint oblique singular, m (oblique plural sainz or saintz, nominative singular sainz or saintz, nominative plural saint) saint ==== Declension ==== === Adjective === saint m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sainte) holy pious; devout ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: sainctFrench: saint Norman: saint (Jersey) → Middle English: seynt (through confluence with Old English sanct)English: saint, SaintMiddle Scots: Sanct, Sant, sanct, santScots: sant, sauntYola: Sankt, Sank, Saan, sankts (plural) == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sai̯nt/ === Noun === saint m pl (not mutable) plural of sant