sang
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: săng, IPA(key): /sæŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æŋ
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). The word, originally masculine, became feminine in Catalan. Compare French sang, Italian sangue, Occitan sang, Romanian sânge, Spanish sangre.
French
Etymology
From Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Compare Catalan sang, Italian sangue, Romanian sânge, Spanish sangre.
Related terms
Further reading
- “sang” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Malay
Mandarin
Romanization
sang
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle English
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Cognate with Old High German sanc, Old Norse sǫngr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑŋɡ/
Declension
Derived terms
- ǣfensang
- prīmsang
- nihtsang
- nōnsang
- sangere
- tīdsang
- uhtsang
- undernsang
- wuldorsang
Romansch
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saːŋ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧] ~ [saːŋ˧˧]
Audio (Hanoi) (file)
Derived terms
- sang ngang