sane
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”). Doublet of sound.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /seɪn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪn
- Homophones: sain, Seine (one pronunciation)
Adjective edit
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
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:
- Shepard: What's wrong with your assistant?
Dr. Warren: Manuel has a brilliant mind, but he's always been a bit... unstable. Genius and madness are two sides of the same coin.
Dr. Manuel: Is it madness to see the future? To see the destruction rushing towards us? To understand there is no escape? No hope? No, I am not mad. I'm the only sane one left!
Dr. Warren: I gave him an extra dose of his meds after the attack.
- Rational; reasonable; sensible.
- Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.
Synonyms edit
- (possessing mental faculties): in one's right mind, play with a full deck
- See also Thesaurus:sane.
Antonyms edit
- insane
- crazy
- unbalanced
- See also Thesaurus:insane.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- (being healthy): sanity, mental health
- (possessing mental faculties): compos mentis, right-minded
Translations edit
mentally healthy
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mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
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See also edit
- nome sane (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams edit
Ajië edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sane
References edit
- Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: 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.
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sane
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sane
- (linguistics) vocable (word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning)
- word token
Declension edit
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 | ||
abessive | saneetta | saneitta | ||
instructive | — | sanein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “sane”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sane f pl
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
sane
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
sānus (“healthy; sane”) + -ē (adverb formant)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsaː.neː/, [ˈs̠äːneː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ne/, [ˈsäːne]
Adverb edit
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 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsaː.ne/, [ˈs̠äːnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ne/, [ˈsäːne]
Adjective edit
sāne
References edit
- “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[2], 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[3]
- “sane”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
sane
- inflection of sanar:
Spanish edit
Verb edit
sane
- inflection of sanar: