sino

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧no

Noun

sino

1. a mature coconut fruit

Etymology

13th century. From Old Portuguese sino, from Latin signum, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognate with Portuguese sino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no̝/

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. bell

   Synonym: campá

2. sign

   Synonyms: signo, sinal

3. destiny, fate

   Synonym: destino

References

• “sino” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “sino” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “sino” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “sino” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “sino” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Noun

siṇo

1. short grass

Further reading

• Entry 8810 in Álgu database

Preposition

sino

1. Alternative form of fino.

Anagrams

• Sion, soni

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱi-né-ti, denominative present of the root *tḱey-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.noː/, [ˈsɪ.noː]

Verb

sinō (present infinitive sinere, perfect active sīvī, supine situm); third conjugation

1. (with accusative of person and infinitive) I let, permit, suffer.
2. I put, lay, set down.

References

• sino in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sino in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
    
  • (ambiguous) on good grounds; reasonably: non sine causa
    
  • (ambiguous) without doubt, beyond all doubt: sine dubio (not sine ullo dubio)
    
  • (ambiguous) without any hesitation; without the least scruple: sine ulla dubitatione
    
  • (ambiguous) without delay: sine mora or nulla mora interposita
    
  • (ambiguous) indisputably; incontestably: sine (ulla) controversia
    
  • (ambiguous) to read a speech: de scripto orationem habere, dicere (opp. sine scripto, ex memoria)
    
  • (ambiguous) without any disguise, frankly: sine fuco ac fallaciis (Att. 1. 1. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) with no moderation: sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
    
  • (ambiguous) to lend some one money (without interest): pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)
    
  • (ambiguous) to restore prisoners without ransom: captivos sine pretio reddere
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• site in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Etymology

From Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognate with Old Occitan senh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no/

Noun

sino m

1. bell
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 66 (facsimile):

     ſan pedro ſino tagia

     Saint Peter rang the bell

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sino (“bell”), from Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

Cognate with Galician sino, Catalan seny and Romansch zain. Also related to French tocsin and English tocsin (both ultimately from Old Occitan senh (“bell”)).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.nu/
• Hyphenation: si‧no

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. bell (percussive instrument)
   • 1913, Fernando Pessoa, “Ó sino da minha aldeia”:

     Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.

     Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.

Etymology 1

From Latin signum.

Etymology 2

Latin sino-, from Sina "China" (the country).

Etymology 3

From si + no.

Pronoun

sino

1. (interrogative) who