sane
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sane"
English
editEtymology
editLearned 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
editsane (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
editRelated terms
edit- (being healthy): sanity, mental health
- (possessing mental faculties): compos mentis, right-minded
Translations
editmentally healthy
|
mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
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See also
edit- nome sane (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
editAjië
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editsane
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.
Esperanto
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adverb
editsane
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsane
- (linguistics) vocable (word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning)
- word token
Declension
editInflection of sane (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
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
editItalian
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editsane f pl
Anagrams
editJapanese
editRomanization
editsane
Latin
editEtymology 1
editsānus (“healthy; sane”) + -ē (adverb formant)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsaː.neː/, [ˈs̠äːneː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ne/, [ˈsäːne]
Adverb
editsānē (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
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsaː.ne/, [ˈs̠äːnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ne/, [ˈsäːne]
Adjective
editsāne
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
editVerb
editsane
- inflection of sanar:
Spanish
editVerb
editsane
- inflection of sanar:
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