Siren

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Translingual

Siren lacertina

Etymology

From Latin Siren.

Proper noun

Siren f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sirenidae – sirens, species of salamander.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

English

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Etymology

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

Siren

  1. A village, the county seat of Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States.
  2. A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding the village of the same name.

Anagrams

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

See Sirén.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Siren

  1. a Swedish surname from Swedish

Declension

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.
Possessive forms of Siren (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sirenini Sirenini
accusative nom. Sirenini Sirenini
gen. Sirenini
genitive Sirenini Sirenieni
partitive Sireniäni Sirenejäni
inessive Sirenissäni Sireneissäni
elative Sirenistäni Sireneistäni
illative Sireniini Sireneihini
adessive Sirenilläni Sireneilläni
ablative Sireniltäni Sireneiltäni
allative Sirenilleni Sireneilleni
essive Sireninäni Sireneinäni
translative Sirenikseni Sireneikseni
abessive Sirenittäni Sireneittäni
instructive
comitative Sireneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sirenisi Sirenisi
accusative nom. Sirenisi Sirenisi
gen. Sirenisi
genitive Sirenisi Sireniesi
partitive Sireniäsi Sirenejäsi
inessive Sirenissäsi Sireneissäsi
elative Sirenistäsi Sireneistäsi
illative Sireniisi Sireneihisi
adessive Sirenilläsi Sireneilläsi
ablative Sireniltäsi Sireneiltäsi
allative Sirenillesi Sireneillesi
essive Sireninäsi Sireneinäsi
translative Sireniksesi Sireneiksesi
abessive Sirenittäsi Sireneittäsi
instructive
comitative Sireneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sirenimme Sirenimme
accusative nom. Sirenimme Sirenimme
gen. Sirenimme
genitive Sirenimme Sireniemme
partitive Sireniämme Sirenejämme
inessive Sirenissämme Sireneissämme
elative Sirenistämme Sireneistämme
illative Sireniimme Sireneihimme
adessive Sirenillämme Sireneillämme
ablative Sireniltämme Sireneiltämme
allative Sirenillemme Sireneillemme
essive Sireninämme Sireneinämme
translative Sireniksemme Sireneiksemme
abessive Sirenittämme Sireneittämme
instructive
comitative Sireneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sireninne Sireninne
accusative nom. Sireninne Sireninne
gen. Sireninne
genitive Sireninne Sirenienne
partitive Sireniänne Sirenejänne
inessive Sirenissänne Sireneissänne
elative Sirenistänne Sireneistänne
illative Sireniinne Sireneihinne
adessive Sirenillänne Sireneillänne
ablative Sireniltänne Sireneiltänne
allative Sirenillenne Sireneillenne
essive Sireninänne Sireneinänne
translative Sireniksenne Sireneiksenne
abessive Sirenittänne Sireneittänne
instructive
comitative Sireneinenne

Statistics

  • 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

 Sirenes on Latin Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).

Pronunciation

Noun

Sīrēn f (genitive Sīrēnis); third declension

  1. (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.
  2. drone in a hive
  3. (Late Latin) mermaid, sea nymph

Usage notes

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Sīrēn Sīrēnēs
genitive Sīrēnis Sīrēnum
dative Sīrēnī Sīrēnibus
accusative Sīrēnem Sīrēnēs
ablative Sīrēne Sīrēnibus
vocative Sīrēn Sīrēnēs

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

  • 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.