sane
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /seɪn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪn
- Homophones: sain, Seine (one pronunciation)
AdjectiveEdit
sane (comparative saner, superlative sanest)
- Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
- a sane mind
- Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
- a sane person
- Rational; reasonable; sensible.
- Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.
SynonymsEdit
- (possessing mental faculties): in one's right mind, play with a full deck
- See also Thesaurus:sane.
AntonymsEdit
- insane
- crazy
- unbalanced
- See also Thesaurus:insane.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
- (being healthy): sanity, mental health
- (possessing mental faculties): compos mentis, right-minded
TranslationsEdit
mentally healthy
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mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
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AnagramsEdit
AjiëEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sane
ReferencesEdit
- Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdverbEdit
sane
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sane
- (linguistics) vocable (word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning)
- word token
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of sane (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sane | saneet | |
genitive | saneen | saneiden saneitten | |
partitive | sanetta | saneita | |
illative | saneeseen | saneisiin saneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sane | saneet | |
accusative | nom. | sane | saneet |
gen. | saneen | ||
genitive | saneen | saneiden saneitten | |
partitive | sanetta | saneita | |
inessive | saneessa | saneissa | |
elative | saneesta | saneista | |
illative | saneeseen | saneisiin saneihin | |
adessive | saneella | saneilla | |
ablative | saneelta | saneilta | |
allative | saneelle | saneille | |
essive | saneena | saneina | |
translative | saneeksi | saneiksi | |
instructive | — | sanein | |
abessive | saneetta | saneitta | |
comitative | — | saneineen |
Possessive forms of sane (type hame) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | saneeni | saneemme |
2nd person | saneesi | saneenne |
3rd person | saneensa |
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sane f pl
AnagramsEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
sane
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
sānus (“healthy; sane”) + -ē (adverb formant)
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
sānē (comparative sānius, superlative sānissimē)
- soundly, healthily, well
- soberly, sensibly, reasonably, discreetly
- (by extension) yes, truly, indeed; certainly, right, really; quite, very
- Synonym: valde
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sāne
ReferencesEdit
- “sane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem
- (ambiguous) but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem
- “sane”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]
- “sane”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
PortugueseEdit
VerbEdit
sane
- inflection of sanar:
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
sane
- inflection of sanar: