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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
sang
- simple past of sing
Etymology 2
Noun
sang
- Alternative form of sheng (“Chinese wind instrument”)
See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan sang~sanch, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Classical Latin sanguinem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Its gender could also be masculine in Old Catalan, as it was in Latin. Compare Occitan sang, French sang.
Pronunciation
Noun
sang f (plural sangs)
- blood
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “sang” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sǫngr.
Pronunciation
Noun
sang c (singular definite sangen, plural indefinite sange)
- song
- singing
Inflection
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
sang
- past of synge
Eastern Cham
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognate with Western Cham sang.
Pronunciation
Noun
sang
- house, home
- other small building
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sang m (plural sangs)
- blood
Derived terms
Further reading
Friulian
Alternative forms
- sanc (standard orthography)
Noun
sang m
- Alternative form of sanc
German
Pronunciation
Verb
sang
- past of singen
Jarai
Noun
sang (classifier bôh)
- house
References
Siu, Lap Minh (2009 December) Developing the First Preliminary Dictionary of North American Jarai, Texas Tech University, page 106
Lombard
Alternative forms
- sangh (historical orthographies)
- sanch (modern Eastern orthographies)
- sangu (outdated)
Etymology
From Latin sanguis. Cognate to Catalan sang, French sang, Italian sangue, Piedmontese sangh, Romanian sânge, Spanish sangre.
Pronunciation
Noun
sang m (invariable)
- blood
Malay
Article
sang
- (formal, poetic) the (used in proper names)
- Hikayat Sang Kancil
- Tales of the Mousedeer
Synonyms
Mandarin
Romanization
sang
- Nonstandard spelling of sāng.
- Nonstandard spelling of sǎng.
- Nonstandard spelling of sàng.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
Noun
sang
- Alternative form of song
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.
Noun
sang m (plural sangs)
- blood
Descendants
Norman
Etymology
From Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.
Noun
sang m (uncountable)
- (Jersey) blood
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sǫngr (“song”), from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (“singing, song”), from Proto-Indo-European *songʷʰos, derived from *singwaną (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *séngʷʰ-e-ti, from *sengʷʰ- (“to recite, sing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sang m (definite singular sangen, indefinite plural sanger, definite plural sangene)
- a song
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sang
- past of synge
See also
References
“sang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.
Pronunciation
Noun
sang m or f (uncountable)
- blood
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Cognate with Old High German sanc, Old Norse sǫngr.
Pronunciation
Noun
sang m (nominative plural sangas)
- song
- (Christianity) liturgical service
Declension
Declension of sang (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Romagnol
Noun
sang m (plural sẽng)
- Alternative form of sângv (“blood”)
1920, Olindo Guerrini, edited by Zanichelli, Sonetti romagnoli, published 1967:Lí la guardè ch'un'i foss mai nissò
E l'am stricchè un pó l'occ e la m'ha dett:
«Va là t'si d'e' mi sang. T'an sì un coion.»- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Romansch
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.
Noun
sang m
- blood
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 蔥/葱 (chhang, “green onion; spring onion; scallion”). Compare Kapampangan sang.
Pronunciation
Noun
sang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔) (obsolete)
- spring onion
- Synonyms: sibuyas, lasuna
References
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Adjective
sang • (郎, 𢀨, , , 廊, 朗)
- expensive, luxurious
15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “Ngôn chí 言志 9”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):𢀨共庫𪽝蒸𡗶
吝木爫之朱辱唏- Sang cùng khó bởi chưng trời,
Lặn mọc làm chi cho nhọc hơi. - Wealth or poverty are both at heaven's whims;
It is just wasting one's breath to try and alter it.
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
sang • (郎, 𨖅, 𨄂)
- to go over, to come over, to cross
- to transfer
See also
Western Cham
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognate with Eastern Cham sang.
Pronunciation
Noun
sang
- house, home
- other small building
Yilan Creole
Etymology
From -ng (“irrealis negation suffix”).
Suffix
sang
- Irrealis negation suffix form attached to verbs or adjectives: to not be
- asta walaxsang rasye ― I guess it will not rain tommorow
Related terms
References
- Chien Yuehchen, Shinji Sanada (2011) “台湾の宜蘭クレオールにおける否定辞―「ナイ」と「ン」の変容をめぐって― ”, in 言語研究 , number 140, pages 73-87
Zhuang
Etymology
Cognate with Bouyei saangl.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sang (Sawndip forms 𮪼 or 桑 or 𫶐 or 𱅷 or 丧 or 𭫌, 1957–1982 spelling saŋ)
- tall
- Antonym: daemq
- high
- Antonym: daemq