syn

Etymology

From Greek syn-, with, together, having same function as co-, (synthesis, synoptic)

Adjective

syn (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 0° and 90°.

Anagrams

• NYS, sny

Pronoun

syn

1. Obsolete form of sy.

Particle

syn

1. Obsolete form of se.
2. Obsolete form of s'n.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪn/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

syn m

1. son

Further reading

• syn in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• syn in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• sny

Etymology

From Old Norse sýn, cognate to se.

Noun

syn

1. vision, faculty of sight

   Hun har nedsat syn på det højre øje.

   She has reduced vision in the right eye.

2. a way of perceiving something

   De havde et ganske andet syn på sandsynlighedsfeltsbegrebet.

   They had quite another view of the concept of the probability field.

   Sikke dog et forskruet og forældet menneskesyn!

   What a twisted and antiquated view of humans!

Noun

syn

1. vision (mystical event)

   Shamanen påstår at have fået et syn.

   The shaman claims to have received a vision.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sūˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨn/

Noun

syn m (diminutive synk)

1. son

References

• syn in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
• syn in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Etymology

From Old Norse sýn

Noun

syn n (definite singular synet, indefinite plural syn or syner, definite plural syna or synene) (genitive form syne)

1. sight, eyesight, vision (ability to see)
2. a sight

   et vakkert syn - a beautiful sight

3. komme til syne (old genitive form) - come into sight
4. a vision or hallucination
5. a premonition
6. a view (opinion)

References

• “syn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syːn/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sýn

Noun

syn n (definite singular synet, indefinite plural syn, definite plural syna)
syn f (definite singular syna, indefinite plural syner, definite plural synene)

1. sight, eyesight, vision (ability to see)
2. a sight

   eit vakkert syn - a beautiful sight

3. (especially feminine) a vision
4. (feminine plural only) hallucinations
5. a view (opinion)

Verb

syn

1. imperative of syna

References

• “syn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Noun

sȳn f

1. sight, ability to see
2. appearance

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨn/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

syn m pers (diminutive synek)

1. son

Further reading

• syn in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sūˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin/
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

syn m (genitive singular syna, nominative plural synovia, genitive plural synov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. son

Further reading

• syn in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

From Old Swedish sȳn, from Old Norse sýn, sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

syn c

1. sight (ability to see), vision
2. a sight, a view
3. a vision, a revelation (of the future)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Noun

syn m

1. son

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sīnaz (“his, her, its, their”, reflexive possessive pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *séynos, genitive of *só (“that”); cognate with Swedish sin, Faroese sín, Dutch zijn, German sein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin/

Pronoun

syn

1. his
2. its