sine

Etymology

From Latin sinus (“bosom”), a translation (or possibly a mistranslation) of Arabic جَيْب‎ (jayb, “bosom”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sīn, IPA^(key): /saɪn/
• Homophone: sign
• Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

sine (plural sines)

1. (trigonometry, mathematics) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.

See also

• cosine
• cosecant
• cotangent
• secant
• tangent
• trigonometry

Anagrams

• EINs, Nies, sein, sien, snie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːnə/, [ˈsiːnə], [ˌsiːnə]

Pronoun

sine

1. plural of sin

Etymology

sini +‎ -e

Noun

sine

1. bluing (blue pigment used for coloring clothes when washing)
2. blueprint (paper-based reproduction usually of a technical drawing), diazo print, ammonia print

Anagrams

• -isen, ensi, ensi-, ines, sein

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃinʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sine, siniu, comparative form of sen (“old”).

Etymology 2

From Old Irish sine (“teat, dug, pap”), from Proto-Celtic *sɸenyos, from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn. Cognate with Old Norse speni (“teat”), English spean (“teat (of a cow)”).

Mutation

References

• "sine" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 sine” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “3 sine” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ne/, [ˈsɪ.nɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ne/, [ˈsiː.ne]

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Etymology 1

The function of this preposition was previously done with the use of sē, sēd (see sē-, sed), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”), thus meaning "by itself", "without". Some still refer the si- in sine to this root, others refer it to Proto-Indo-European *só (“this”), whence si (“if”). And as sometimes nesi was also written, with -ne being nē (“not”), sine might literally mean "not this". Compare with nisi.

Others yet refer sine to Proto-Indo-European *seni (“for oneself, without”), itself maybe related to *swé. Thus cognate with Ancient Greek ἄτερ (áter, “without”), Old English sundor.

References

• sine in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 907

Etymology 2

Determiner

sine

1. inflection of sijn:
   1. feminine nominative and accusative singular
   2. nominative and accusative plural

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsinɛ/, /ˈsinɐ/

Particle

sine

1. yes

Etymology

From Old Norse sínir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːne/

Determiner

sine pl

1. plural of sin

References

• “sin” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse sínir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²siːnə/ (example of pronunciation)

Determiner

sine pl

1. plural of sin

References

• “sin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

sine m (oblique plural sines, nominative singular sines, nominative plural sine)

1. Alternative form of cisne

Noun

sine m (oblique plural sines, nominative singular sines, nominative plural sine)

1. Alternative form of signe

Etymology

From Latin sē, as with mine, tine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ne/
• Rhymes: -ine

Pronoun

sine (stressed reflexive-accusative form of el, ea, ei, and ele)

1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") himself, herself, itself, themselves

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃinə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sine (“teat, dug, pap”), from Proto-Celtic *sɸenyos, from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn. Cognate with Old Norse speni (“teat”), English spean (“teat (of a cow)”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gin.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Lövånger) IPA^(key): [sìːɳe̞]

  Rhymes: -ìːnɛ

Pronoun

sine n sg

1. (possessive pronoun): dative neuter singular of sänn