Siren
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Siren f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sirenidae – sirens, species of salamander.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Amphibia – class; Lissamphibia - subclass; Caudata - order; Sirenoidea - suborder; Sirenidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Siren lacertina - type species; Siren intermedia - only other extant species
References edit
Siren (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Siren on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Siren on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Etymology edit
The name was intended to be Syren, from Swedish syren (“lilac”), but this was "corrected" by the US Post Office to Siren, who thought the name applied for was a misspelling.
Proper noun edit
Siren
- A village, the county seat of Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding the village of the same name.
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
See Sirén.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Siren
- a Swedish surname from Swedish
Declension edit
| Inflection of Siren (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Siren | Sirenit | ||
| genitive | Sirenin | Sirenien | ||
| partitive | Sireniä | Sirenejä | ||
| illative | Sireniin | Sireneihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Siren | Sirenit | ||
| accusative | nom. | Siren | Sirenit | |
| gen. | Sirenin | |||
| genitive | Sirenin | Sirenien | ||
| partitive | Sireniä | Sirenejä | ||
| inessive | Sirenissä | Sireneissä | ||
| elative | Sirenistä | Sireneistä | ||
| illative | Sireniin | Sireneihin | ||
| adessive | Sirenillä | Sireneillä | ||
| ablative | Sireniltä | Sireneiltä | ||
| allative | Sirenille | Sireneille | ||
| essive | Sireninä | Sireneinä | ||
| translative | Sireniksi | Sireneiksi | ||
| abessive | Sirenittä | Sireneittä | ||
| instructive | — | Sirenein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Statistics edit
- Siren is the 1020th (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 848 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsiː.reːn/, [ˈs̠iːreːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ren/, [ˈsiːren]
Noun edit
Sīrēn f (genitive Sīrēnis); third declension
- (Greek mythology, mythology) a siren, one of the mythical birds with faces of virgins, that dwelt on the southern coast of Italy, where, with their sweet voices, they enticed ashore those who were sailing by, and then killed them.
- drone in a hive
- (Late Latin) mermaid, sea nymph
Usage notes edit
- Mainly used in the plural form Sīrēnēs (“Sirens”), Ancient Greek Σειρῆνες (Seirênes).
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Sīrēn | Sīrēnēs |
| Genitive | Sīrēnis | Sīrēnum |
| Dative | Sīrēnī | Sīrēnibus |
| Accusative | Sīrēnem | Sīrēnēs |
| Ablative | Sīrēne | Sīrēnibus |
| Vocative | Sīrēn | Sīrēnēs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
References edit
- “Siren”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Siren”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Siren in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.