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sin¹
- /ˈsɪn/
- [ˈsɪn]
Rhymes with -ɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English synne, sinne, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”) and *sundī, *sundijō (“sin”), from , from *h₁sónts ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from *h₁es- (“to be”); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sände, Säände (“sin”), West Frisian sûnde (“sin”), German Sünde (“sin”), Luxembourgish Sënd, Sënn (“sin”), Vilamovian zynd (“sin”) Yiddish זינד (zind, “sin”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish synd (“sin”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Latin sont-, sons (“sinful, guilty, criminal”).
noun sins · sinne · synne
- A violation of divine will or religious law. As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God.
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Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
Similar: baseness, degeneracy, turpitude, corruption, defilement, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, impurity, iniquity, lewdity
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A misdeed or wrong.
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although the
Similar: offence, misdoing, crime, delict, delinquency, error, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, offense, peccadillo, sin
- A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. For he hath made him to be ſinne for vs, who knewe no ſinne,[…]
- An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. Thy Ambition / (Thou Scarlet ſinne) robb’d this bewailing Land / Of Noble Buckingham,[…]
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A flaw or mistake.
No movie is without sin.
Similar: deficiency, fault, defect, flaw, blot, imperfection, shortcoming, drawback, inadequacy, peccadillo, sin
- sin bin Winger Cheslin Kolbe, sitting with his jersey over his head in the sin after a yellow card at the death, was probably the sight of millions of South Africans around the country who had their hearts in their mouth as they sat through another nail-biting match.
sin²
- /ˈsɪn/
- [ˈsɪn]
Rhymes with -ɪn
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English synnen, modification of earlier syngen, from Old English syngian, from synniġ (“sinful”) + -ian.
verb sins · sinning · sinned
- To commit a sin. Christine Cooper: It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners. DCI Tom Barnaby: To call people to repentance, Mrs Cooper.
sin³
- /sɪn/
- /siːn/
Where it comes from
Modification of shin.
noun sins · seen · sīn
- A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
- A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
sin⁴
noun sins
- Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).
Sin⁵
Where it comes from
Transliteration of Akkadian 𒀭𒂗𒍪 (Sîn).
proper noun
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The god of the moon.
Similar: Nanna, Nanna-Suen, Suen
Sin⁶
Where it comes from
From Cantonese 單 /单 (sin6) or 冼 (sin2).
proper noun
- A surname from Chinese.
Sin⁷
Where it comes from
From Hebrew סִין.
proper noun
- A desert mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, situated between Elim and Mount Sinai. And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
Sin⁸
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Korean 신 (sin), derived from 申, 辛, or 愼.
proper noun
- A surname from Korean.
SIN⁹
proper noun
- Abbreviation of Sinaloa: a state of Mexico.
noun SINs
- Initialism of social insurance number, an identification number issued by the government of Canada.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sinfulness, wickedness, goof, blunder, boob, hell, sinner, iniquity, wrongdoing, evil, fault, malice, abomination, misdeed, mistake, transgression
Translations
Every language
noun violation of religious law
| Español | pecado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 죄 joe |
| 日本語 | 罪 tsumi |
| 中文 | 罪 zuì, 孽 niè |
| हिन्दी | पाप pāp, अधर्म adharm, दुष्कर्म duṣkarm, गुनाह gunāh |
| Kiswahili | dhambi |
| Português | pecado |
| Français | péché |
| Deutsch | Sünde |
| Italiano | peccato |
| Ελληνικά | αμάρτημα amártima, αμαρτία amartía |
| Română | păcat |
| Русский | грех grex |
| Tiếng Việt | tội, tội lỗi |
| العربية | خَطِيئَة ḵaṭīʔa, إِثْم ʔiṯm, ذَنْب ḏanb, مَعْصِيَة maʕṣiya, خِطْء ḵiṭʔ |
| עברית | חֵטְא khet |
noun misdeed
| 日本語 | 罪 tsumi |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | अपराध aprādh |
| Kiswahili | dhambi |
| Português | transgressão |
| Français | péché |
| Deutsch | Sünde |
| Italiano | peccato, vizio |
| Ελληνικά | παράπτωμα paráptoma |
| Русский | грех grex, просту́пок prostúpok, прегреше́ние pregrešénije |
verb to commit a sin
| Español | pecar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 죄를 짓다 joereul jitda |
| 日本語 | 罪を犯す tsumi o okasu |
| 中文 | 作孽 zuòniè, 造孽 zàoniè, 犯罪 fànzuì |
| हिन्दी | पाप pāp, अपराध aprādh |
| Português | pecar |
| Français | pécher |
| Deutsch | sündigen |
| Italiano | peccare |
| Ελληνικά | αμαρτάνω amartáno |
| Română | păcătui |
| Русский | греши́ть grešítʹ, согреши́ть sogrešítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | phạm tội |
| العربية | أَثِمَ ʔaṯima, أَذْنَبَ ʔaḏnaba, خَطِئَ ḵaṭiʔa |
| עברית | חטא khatá |
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title = {sin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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