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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”). Doublet of sound.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
See also
Anagrams
Ajië
Pronunciation
Adjective
sane
- bad
References
- 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
Pronunciation
Adverb
sane
- healthily
Finnish
Etymology
sana (“word”) + -e
Pronunciation
Noun
sane
- (linguistics) vocable (word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning)
- word token
Declension
Further reading
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.ne/
- Rhymes: -ane
- Hyphenation: sà‧ne
Adjective
sane f pl
- feminine plural of sano
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
sane
- Rōmaji transcription of さね
Latin
Etymology 1
sānus (“healthy; sane”) + -ē (adverb formant)
Pronunciation
Adverb
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
Pronunciation
Adjective
sāne
- vocative masculine singular of sānus
References
- “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem
- “sane”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “sane”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese
Verb
sane
- inflection of sanar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
sane
- inflection of sanar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative