Sabine

See also: sabine and Sabīne

English

Etymology 1

From Latin Sabinus. The name is said to mean "of one's own," from Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-, *swebʰ- (“one's own”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪbaɪn/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsæbaɪn/

Noun

Sabine (plural Sabines)

1. A member of a certain ancient tribe of Italy.

Hypernyms

• Sabellian

Derived terms

• Sabinian

Translations

member of a tribe

• Dutch: Sabijn m
• Irish: Saibíneach m
• Italian: Sabino (it) m
• Manx: Sabeenagh m
• Russian: сабин (ru) m (sabin), сабинянин m (sabinjanin)
• Sicilian: Savinu m

Etymology 2

From the Latin saint's name Sabina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈbiːn/

Proper noun

Sabine

1. A female given name.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈbiːn/

Proper noun

Sabine

1. A river in Louisiana and Texas, USA; see Sabine River.

Derived terms

• Sabine County
• Sabine Parish

Anagrams

• Baines, nabies

Danish

Etymology

From the Latin saint's name Sabina.

Proper noun

Sabine

1. a female given name

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin Sabīna, a saint's name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˈbi.nə/

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• Hyphenation: Sa‧bi‧ne

Proper noun

Sabine f

1. a female given name, popular in the latter half of the twentieth century

French

Etymology

From the Latin saint's name Sabina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.bin/

Proper noun

Sabine f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

• Popular in France in the 1960s and the 1970s.

German

Etymology

From the Latin saint's name Sabina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaˈbi.nə/ (Standard)
• IPA^(key): /saˈb̥i.nɛ/ (Austria)

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Proper noun

Sabine

1. a female given name, popular in Germany from the 1950's to the 1970's