saint

See also: Saint and SA Int

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seɪnt/
- Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪnt
(UK, as an unstressed, capitalised title) IPA^(key): /sən(t)/, /sɨn(t)/

Etymology 1

From Middle English saint, seint, sainct, seinct, sanct, senct, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”) and confluence with Old French saint, seinte (Modern French saint); both from Latin sanctus (“holy, consecrated”, in Late Latin as a noun, “a saint”), past participle of sancire (“to render sacred, make holy”), akin to sacer (“holy, sacred”). Displaced native Middle English halwe (“saint”) from Old English hālga (“saint, holy one”) (> Modern English hallow (“saint”)).

Noun

Francis of Assisi, a Catholic saint.

saint (plural saints)

A person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Corinthians 1:2:
  Unto the Church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Iesus, called to be Saints, with all that in euery place call vpon the Name of Iesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.
(figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
Dorothy Day was a living saint.
Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!
One of the blessed in heaven.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554, lines 742–744:
  Then ſhall thy Saints unmixt, and from th' impure
  Farr ſeparate, circling thy holy Mount
  Unfained Halleluiahs to thee ſing,
(archaic) A holy object.
- 1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, […], OCLC 1006139495, Proverbes 20:25, page 299:
  It is ruine to a man to deuoure ſaintes, and afterward to retracte the vowes.

Synonyms

(holy person): hallow (obsolete)

Derived terms

Saint Aubin
saintdom
saintess
saintful
sainthead
Saint Helier
sainthood
saintish
saintism
Saint-Jérôme
Saint Johnstown
Saint-Lambert
saintless
saintlike
saintly
Saint-Maurice
saintship
Theddlethorpe All Saints

Translations

person proclaimed as saint

Aghwan: 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙 (muc̣'ur)
Albanian: shenjtor (sq) m, shën m
Arabic: (Islam) وَلِيّ‎ m (waliyy), (Christianity) قِدِّيس‎ m (qiddīs)
Hijazi Arabic: قِدِّيس‎ m (qiddīs, giddīs)
Moroccan Arabic: ولي‎ m (wali), ولي صالح‎ m (wali ṣāliḥ)
Armenian: սուրբ (hy) (surb)
Aromanian: sãntu m, sãmtu m, ayiu
Asturian: santu m, santa f
Bashkir: әүлиә (äwliä) (in Islam)
Belarusian: святы́ m (svjatý), свята́я f (svjatája)
Bengali: অলি (ôli), পীর (bn) (pīr)
Bulgarian: светец (bg) (svetec)
Catalan: sant (ca) m, santa (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 聖人, 圣人 (sing³ jan⁴), 聖徒, 圣徒 (sing³ tou⁴)
Mandarin: 聖人／圣人 (zh) (shèngrén), 聖徒／圣徒 (zh) (shèngtú)
Min Nan: 聖人 (zh-min-nan), 圣人 (zh-min-nan) (sèng-jîn, sèng-lîn)
Czech: svatý (cs) m, svatá (cs) f
Dalmatian: suant m
Danish: helgen c
Dutch: heilige (nl) m or f
Esperanto: (♂♀) sanktulo, (♂) virsanktulo, (neologism, ♂) sanktuliĉo, (♂♀) sanktulino
Finnish: pyhimys (fi)
French: saint (fr) m, sainte (fr) f
Middle French: sainct m
Old French: saint m, seint m
Friulian: sant m
Galician: santo m, santa f
Georgian: წმინდანი (c̣mindani)
German: Heiliger (de) m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἅγιος m (hágios)
Modern Greek: άγιος (el) m (ágios), αγία (el) f (agía)
Hindi: मुकद्दस (hi) (mukaddas), वाली (hi) m (vālī), महात्मा (hi) m (mahātmā), संत (hi) m (sant), पुनीत (hi) (punīt)
Hungarian: szent (hu)
Icelandic: dýrlingur (is) m
Indonesian: santo (id) (male), santa (id) (female)
Irish: naomh m
Italian: santo (it) m, santa (it) f
Jakaltek: tioẍ
Japanese: 聖人 (ja) (せいじん, seijin)
Korean: 성인 (ko) (seong'in)
Lao: ນັກບຸນ (nak bun)
Latgalian: svāts m, svāta f, svātlelyskys m
Latin: sānctus (la) m
Latvian: svēts (lv) m, svēta f
Lombard: sant (lmo) m
Lithuanian: šventasis m, šventoji f
Luxembourgish: Hellegen m
Macedonian: светец m (svetec), светица f (svetica)
Malay: wali (ms), santo
Maltese: qaddis m, santu m
Maori: hato
Norman: saint m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: helgen (no) m, sankt
Nynorsk: helgen (no) m
Occitan: sant (oc) m
Old English: hālga m, sanct m
Old Occitan: saint
Persian: مقدس‎ (fa) (moqaddas), قدیس‎ (fa) (qeddis), سن‎ (fa) (san), سنتا‎ (santâ)
Polish: święty (pl) m, święta (pl) f
Portuguese: santo (pt) m, santa (pt) f
Romanian: sfânt (ro) m, sfântă (ro) f, sânt (ro) m (popular), sântă f (popular)
Romansch: sontg m, sogn n, son m, sench m, sonch m
Russian: свято́й (ru) m (svjatój), свята́я (ru) f (svjatája)
Sardinian: santu m
Scottish Gaelic: naomh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: светац m
Roman: svetac (sh) m, svetica (sh) f, svet (sh) m, sveto n, sveta f
Sicilian: santu (scn) m
Slovak: svätý m, svätá f
Slovene: svetnik (sl) m, svetnica f
Spanish: santo (es) m, santa (es) f
Swahili: mtakatifu (sw)
Swedish: helgon (sv)
Tagalog: santo (tl)
Tajik: муқаддас (tg) (muqaddas)
Thai: นักบุญ (th) (nák-bun), วิสุทธิชน
Turkish: aziz (tr)
Ukrainian: святи́й m (svjatýj), свята́ f (svjatá)
Urdu: مقدس‎ (ur) m (muqadas), مقدسہ‎ (ur) f (muqaddasa), بزرگ‎, ولی‎ m (valī), ولیہ‎ f (valīyā)
Venetian: santo m
Vietnamese: thánh (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) saludan (vo), (♂) hisaludan (vo), (♀) jisaludan (vo)
Walloon: sint (wa) m, sinte (wa) f

(figuratively) a person with positive qualities

Armenian: սուրբ (hy) (surb)
Catalan: sant (ca) m
Czech: světec (cs) m
Danish: helgen c
Dutch: heilige (nl) m or f
Finnish: pyhimys (fi)
French: saint (fr) m, sainte (fr) f
Galician: santo m
German: Heiliger (de) m
Greek: άγιος (el) m (ágios), αγία (el) f (agía)
Hungarian: szent (hu)
Irish: naomh
Italian: santo (it) m, santa (it) f
Macedonian: светец m (svetec), светица f (svetica)
Maltese: san m, santu m, santa f
Maori: ahurangi
Norman: saint m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: helgen (no) m
Nynorsk: helgen m
Portuguese: santo (pt) m, santa (pt) f
Romanian: sfânt (ro) m, sfântă (ro) f, sânt (ro) m
Russian: свято́й (ru) m (svjatój), свята́я (ru) f (svjatája)
Scottish Gaelic: naomh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: светац m
Roman: svetac (sh) m, svetica (sh) f, svet (sh) m, sveto n, sveta f
Slovene: svetnik (sl) m, svetnica f
Spanish: santo (es) m, santa (es) f
Swedish: helgon (sv) n
Thai: นักบุญ (th) (nák-bun), วิสุทธิชน
Vietnamese: vị thánh (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) saludan (vo), (♂) hisaludan (vo), (♀) jisaludan (vo)
Walloon: sint (wa) m, sinte (wa) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Georgian: ^{(please verify)} წმინდანი (c̣mindani)
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} san m, ^{(please verify)} santu m, ^{(please verify)} santa f
Old English: ^{(please verify)} sanct m, before a proper name, ^{(please verify)} sanctus (ang) m, ^{(please verify)} sancta f
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} svätec m (1,2), ^{(please verify)} svätica f (1,2), ^{(please verify)} svätý (3)
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} sveti m, ^{(please verify)} sveta f

Etymology 2

From Middle English saynten, seinten, sonten, partly from Anglo-Norman saintir and partly from the noun Middle English seint, seynt (see above).

Verb

saint (third-person singular simple present saints, present participle sainting, simple past and past participle sainted)

(transitive) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.
Many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately.

Translations

formally recognize as a saint

Bulgarian: канонизирам (kanoniziram)
Danish: kanonisere
Dutch: heiligverklaren
Italian: canonizzare (it), santificare (it)
Norwegian: kanonisere
Scottish Gaelic: naomhaich
Vietnamese: tuyên thánh, phong thánh

Etymology 3

From the pattern of naming various places for Saints from religion.

Prefix

saint

(toponymy) A prefix attached to another term, used to create placenames. The resultant placename need not be associated with any religious saint character.

Anagrams

Astin, Insta, Santi, Sinta, Tanis, Tians, antis, insta-, sat in, satin, stain, stian, tians, tisan

French

Etymology

From Latin sanctus (“holy”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛ̃/, (in liaison) /sɛ̃.t‿/
audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛ̃
Homophones: sain, sains, saints, sein, seing, seings, seins, ceins, ceint, ceints

Noun

saint m (plural saints, feminine sainte)

a male saint; masculine of sainte

Adjective

saint (feminine sainte, masculine plural saints, feminine plural saintes)

saintly (all meanings)

Derived terms

avoir une sainte horreur
coquille Saint-Jacques
guerre sainte
ne pas savoir à quel saint se vouer
prêcher pour son saint
sainte barbe
Sainte Barbe
Saint-Empire romain germanique
Saint Onge
saint patron
terre sainte
toute la sainte journée
vendredi saint

- in Belgian toponyms:

Cambron-Saint-Vincent
Court-Saint-Étienne
Couture-Saint-Germain
Ellignies-Sainte-Anne
Haine-Saint-Paul
Haine-Saint-Pierre
Houtain-Saint-Siméon
Île Saint-Géry
Lasne-Chapelle-Saint-Lambert
Lens-Saint-Remy
Lens-Saint-Servais
Louette-Saint-Denis
Louette-Saint-Pierre
Masnuy-Saint-Jean
Masnuy-Saint-Pierre
Mesnil-Saint-Blaise
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Montignies-Saint-Christophe
Mont-Saint-André
Mont-Saint-Aubert
Mont-Saint-Guibert
Nil-Saint-Martin
Nil-Saint-Vincent
Saint-Amand
Saint-André
Saint-Aubin
Saint-Barnabé
Saint-Denis
Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse
Saint-Gérard
Saint-Germain
Saint-Géry
Saint-Ghislain
Saint-Gilles
Saint-Hubert
Saint-Jacques
Saint-Jean-Geest
Saint-Job
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Saint-Laurent
Saint-Léger
Saint-Léonard
Saint-Marc
Saint-Mard
Saint-Martin
Saint-Maur
Saint-Médard
Saint-Nicolas
Saint-Pierre
Saint-Remy
Saint-Remy-Geest
Saint-Sauveur
Saint-Servais
Saint-Séverin
Saint-Symphorien
Saint-Vaast
Saint-Vincent
Saint-Vith
Sart-Saint-Laurent
Solre-Saint-Géry
Thorembais-Saint-Trond
Tongre-Saint-Martin
Tourinnes-Saint-Lambert
Villers-Saint-Amand
Villers-Saint-Ghislain
Villers-Saint-Siméon
Walhain-Saint-Paul
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

- in Canadian toponyms:

Baie-Saint-Paul
Cap-de-Saint-Louis
Cap-Saint-Ignace
Cascapédia–Saint-Jules
Havre-Saint-Pierre
Lac-Saint-Charles
Lac-Saint-Joseph
Lac-Saint-Paul
L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Mont-Saint-Michel
Mont-Saint-Pierre
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François
Petit-Saint-Charles
Rang-Saint-Georges
Rang-Saint-Joseph
Rivière-Saint-Jean
Saint-Adalbert
Saint-Adelme
Saint-Adelphe
Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard
Saint-Adrien
Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande
Saint-Agapit
Saint-Aignan
Saint-Aimé
Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs
Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles
Saint-Alban
Saint-Albert
Saint-Alexandre
Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska
Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs
Saint-Alexis
Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia
Saint-Alexis-des-Monts
Saint-Alfred
Saint-Alphonse
Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby
Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez
Saint-Amable
Saint-Amateur
Saint-Ambroise
Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare
Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard
Saint-André
Saint-André-Avellin
Saint-André-d'Acton
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Saint-André-de-Restigouche
Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean
Saint-Anselme
Saint-Antoine
Saint-Antoine-de-Baie-du-Febvre
Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Antonin
Saint-Apollinaire
Saint-Armand
Saint-Arsène
Saint-Arthur
Saint-Athanase
Saint-Aubert
Saint-Augustin
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
Saint-Augustin-de-Mirabel
Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
Saint-Barnabé
Saint-Barnabé-Sud
Saint-Barthélemy
Saint-Basile
Saint-Basile-le-Grand
Saint-Benjamin
Saint-Benoît
Saint-Benoît-du-Lac
Saint-Benoît-Labre
Saint-Bernard
Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle
Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville
Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Bonaventure
Saint-Boniface
Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan
Saint-Bruno
Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues
Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
Saint-Calixte
Saint-Camille
Saint-Camille-de-Lellis
Saint-Canut
Saint-Casimir
Saint-Castin
Saint-Célestin
Saint-Césaire
Saint-Charles-Borromée
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
Saint-Charles-de-Bourget
Saint-Charles-de-Drummond
Saint-Charles-Garnier
Saint-Charles-Garnier-de-Pabos-Nord
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska
Saint-Claude
Saint-Clément
Saint-Cléophas
Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon
Saint-Clet
Saint-Cœur-de-Marie
Saint-Colomban
Saint-Côme
Saint-Côme–Linière
Saint-Constant
Saint-Cuthbert
Saint-Cyprien
Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville
Saint-Cyriac
Saint-Cyrille
Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard
Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover
Saint-Damase
Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet
Saint-Damien
Saint-Damien-de-Buckland
Saint-David
Saint-David-de-Falardeau
Saint-Denis-de-Brompton
Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Didace
Saint-Dominique
Saint-Dominique-de-Jonquière
Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire
Saint-Donat
Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham
Saint-Edmond-de-Pabos
Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines
Saint-Édouard
Saint-Édouard-de-Fabre
Saint-Édouard-de-Kent
Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé
Saint-Élie-de-Caxton
Saint-Élie-d'Orford
Saint-Éloi
Saint-Elphège
Saint-Elzéar
Saint-Elzéar-de-Témiscouata
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël
Saint-Émile
Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
Saint-Épiphane
Saint-Esprit
Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois
Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton
Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Saint-Eugène
Saint-Eugène-d'Argentenay
Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues
Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière
Saint-Eusèbe
Saint-Eustache
Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth
Saint-Fabien
Saint-Fabien-de-Panet
Saint-Faustin–Lac-Carré
Saint-Félicien
Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier
Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey
Saint-Félix-de-Valois
Saint-Félix-d'Otis
Saint-Ferdinand
Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges
Saint-Fidèle-de-Restigouche
Saint-Flavien
Saint-Fortunat
Saint-François
Saint-François-d'Assise
Saint-François-de-Kent
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
Saint-François-de-Madawaska
Saint-François-de-Sales
Saint-François-du-Lac
Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton
Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger
Saint-Frédéric
Saint-Fulgence
Saint-Gabriel
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
Saint-Gabriel-de-Kent
Saint-Gabriel-de-Rameau
Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant
Saint-Gédéon
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Saint-Georges
Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville
Saint-Georges-de-Windsor
Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides
Saint-Gérard-Majella
Saint-Germain
Saint-Germain-de-Grantham
Saint-Gervais
Saint-Gilbert
Saint-Gilles
Saint-Godefroi
Saint-Grégoire
Saint-Guillaume
Saint-Guillaume-Nord
Saint-Guy
Saint-Henri
Saint-Henri-de-Taillon
Saint-Hermas
Saint-Herménégilde
Saint-Hilaire
Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
Saint-Hilarion
Saint-Hippolyte
Saint-Honoré
Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley
Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata
Saint-Hubert
Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup
Saint-Hugues
Saint-Hyacinthe
Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur
Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge
Saint-Ignace-du-Lac
Saint-Ignace Siding
Saint-Irénée
Saint-Isidore
Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton
Saint-Jacques
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown
Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur
Saint-Janvier
Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville
Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
Saint-Janvier-de-la-Croix
Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Nicolet
Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Restigouche
Saint-Jean-Chrysostome
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg
Saint-Jean-de-Dieu
Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
Saint-Jean-de-Matha
Saint-Jean-des-Piles
Saint-Jean-Eudes
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Jean-Vianney
Saint-Jérôme
Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane
Saint-Jérusalem
Saint-Joachim
Saint-Joachim-de-Courval
Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford
Saint-Joseph-d'Alma
Saint-Joseph-de-Baie-du-Febvre
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine
Saint-Joseph de Grantham
Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska
Saint-Joseph-de-Kent
Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-De-Lévy
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Saint-Joseph-de-Madawaska
Saint-Joseph-de-Maskinongé
Saint-Joseph-des-Érables
Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
Saint-Joseph-du-Lac
Saint-Jude
Saint-Jules
Saint-Julien
Saint-Just-de-Bretenières
Saint-Juste-du-Lac
Saint-Justin
Saint-Lambert
Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon
Saint-Laurent
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
Saint-Lazare
Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
Saint-Léandre
Saint-Léolin
Saint-Léonard
Saint-Léonard-d'Aston
Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf
Saint-Léonard-Parent
Saint-Léon-de-Standon
Saint-Léon-le-Grand
Saint-Liboire
Saint-Liguori
Saint-Lin–Laurentides
Saint-Louis
Saint-Louis-de-Blandford
Saint-Louis-de-Chambord
Saint-Louis-de-France
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente
Saint-Louis-de-Kamouraska
Saint-Louis-de-Kent
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
Saint-Luc
Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse
Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes
Saint-Lucien
Saint-Ludger
Saint-Ludger-de-Milot
Saint-Magloire
Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham
Saint-Malachie
Saint-Malachie-d'Ormstown
Saint-Malo
Saint-Marc-de-Figuery
Saint-Marc-des-Carrières
Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long
Saint-Marcel
Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu
Saint-Marcellin
Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Martin
Saint-Martin-de-Restigouche
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Mathieu
Saint-Mathieu-de-Belœil
Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux
Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana
Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc
Saint-Maurice
Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis
Saint-Médard
Saint-Méthode
Saint-Michel
Saint-Michel-Archange
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse
Saint-Michel-de-Mistassini
Saint-Michel-de-Rougemont
Saint-Michel-des-Saints
Saint-Michel-des-Vieilles-Forges
Saint-Michel-du-Squatec
Saint-Modeste
Saint-Moïse
Saint-Narcisse
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage
Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski
Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton
Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester
Saint-Nérée-de-Bellechasse
Saint-Nicéphore
Saint-Nicolas
Saint-Nil
Saint-Noël
Saint-Norbert
Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
Saint-Octave-de-l'Avenir
Saint-Octave-de-Métis
Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne
Saint-Olivier
Saint-Omer
Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth
Saint-Ours
Saint-Pacôme
Saint-Pamphile
Saint-Pascal
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage
Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington
Saint-Paul
Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford
Saint-Paul-de-Châteauguay
Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix
Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix
Saint-Paul-de-Montminy
Saint-Paulin
Saint-Paulin-Dalibaire
Saint-Philémon
Saint-Philibert
Saint-Philippe
Saint-Philippe-de-Néri
Saint-Pie
Saint-Pie-de-Guire
Saint-Pierre
Saint-Pierre-Baptiste
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton
Saint-Pierre-de-Kent
Saint-Pierre-de-Lamy
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
Saint-Placide
Saint-Polycarpe
Saint-Pons
Saint-Prime
Saint-Prosper
Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain
Saint-Quentin
Saint-Raphaël
Saint-Raymond
Saint-Rédempteur
Saint-Rémi
Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick
Saint-René
Saint-René-de-Matane
Saint-Robert
Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan
Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac
Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies
Saint-Roch-Ouest
Saint-Rodrigue
Saint-Romain
Saint-Romuald
Saint-Rosaire
Saint-Sacrement
Saint-Samuel
Saints-Anges
Saint-Sauveur
Saint-Sébastien
Saint-Sévère
Saint-Séverin
Saint-Siméon
Saint-Simon
Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski
Saint-Simon-les-Mines
Saint-Sixte
Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens
Saint-Sosime
Saint-Stanislas
Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka
Saint-Sulpice
Saint-Sylvère
Saint-Sylvestre
Saint-Télesphore
Saint-Tharcisius
Saint-Théodore-d'Acton
Saint-Théophile
Saint-Thomas
Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin
Saint-Thomas-de-Cherbourg
Saint-Thomas-de-Kent
Saint-Thomas-Didyme
Saint-Thuribe
Saint-Timothée
Saint-Tite
Saint-Tite-des-Caps
Saint-Ubalde
Saint-Ulric
Saint-Urbain
Saint-Urbain-Premier
Saint-Valentin
Saint-Valère
Saint-Valérien
Saint-Valérien-de-Milton
Saint-Vallier
Saint-Venant-de-Paquette
Saint-Vianney
Saint-Victor
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
Saint-Wenceslas
Saint-Wilfred
Saint-Zacharie
Saint-Zénon
Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui
Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval
Saint-Zotique
St. Claude
Ste. Amélie
Ste. Rose du Lac
St. Isidore-de-Bellevue
St. Laurent de Grandin
St. Louis
Très-Saint-Rédempteur
Val-Saint-Gilles
Val-Saint-Michel
Village-Saint Augustin
Village-Saint-Irénée
Village-Saint-Jean
Village-Saint-Laurent
Village-Saint-Paul
Village-Saint-Pierre

- In French toponyms:

Abbeville-Saint-Lucien
Ablain-Saint-Nazaire
Auger-Saint-Vincent
Avilly-Saint-Léonard
Beaumerie-Saint-Martin
Belloy-Saint-Léonard
Béthisy-Saint-Martin
Béthisy-Saint-Pierre
Bézu-Saint-Germain
Boiry-Saint-Martin
Boisleux-Saint-Marc
Bray-Saint-Christophe
Buigny-Saint-Maclou
Calvaire-Saint-Pierre
Cavron-Saint-Martin
Crouy-Saint-Pierre
Écourt-Saint-Quentin
Écoust-Saint-Mein
Erny-Saint-Julien
Escles-Saint-Pierre
Estrées-Saint-Denis
Fontaine-Saint-Lucien
Hescamps-Saint-Clair
Huby-Saint-Leu
Lachapelle-Saint-Pierre
Lahaye-Saint-Romain
Lanches-Saint-Hilaire
La Neuville-Saint-Pierre
La Rue-Saint-Pierre
Lattre-Saint-Quentin
Le Coudray-Saint-Germer
Le Fay-Saint-Quentin
Le Mesnil-Saint-Firmin
Le Mont-Saint-Adrien
Le Plessier-Saint-Nicaise
Le Plessier-sur-Saint-Just
Les Hauts de Saint-Aubin
Lesquielles-Saint-Germain
Liancourt-Saint-Pierre
Ligny-Saint-Flochel
Longpré-les-Corps-Saints
Maisoncelle-Saint-Pierre
Merck-Saint-Liévin
Mesnil-Saint-Georges
Mesnil-Saint-Laurent
Mesnil-Saint-Nicaise
Monchy-Saint-Éloi
Montcy-Saint-Pierre
Montgru-Saint-Hilaire
Mont-Saint-Éloi
Mont-Saint-Jean
Mont-Saint-Martin
Mont-Saint-Père
Nempont-Saint-Firmin
Neuilly-Saint-Front
Neuville-Saint-Amand
Noël-Saint-Martin
Noyers-Saint-Martin
Petit-Saint-Jean
Rozet-Saint-Albin
Saint-Acheul
Saint-Agnan
Saint-Agne
Saint-Alban-les-Vignes
Saint-Algis
Saint-Amand
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Saint-André
Saint-André-au-Bois
Saint-André-Farivillers
Saint-André-lez-Lille
Saint-Antoine
Saint-Arnoult
Saint-Aubert
Saint-Aubin
Saint-Aubin-en-Bray
Saint-Aubin-Montenoy
Saint-Aubin-Rivière
Saint-Aubin-sous-Erquery
Saint-Augustin
Saint-Aurin
Saint-Aybert
Saint-Bandry
Saint-Barnabé
Saint-Barthélemy
Saint-Benin
Saint-Blimont
Saint-Brice
Saint-Césaire-lès-Nîmes
Saint-Chamand
Saint-Charles
Saint-Christ
Saint-Christophe-à-Berry
Saint-Clair
Saint-Claude
Saint-Clément
Saint-Crépin-aux-Bois
Saint-Crépin-Ibouvillers
Saint-Cyprien
Saint-Cyr-sur-Chars
Saint-Deniscourt
Saint-Denœux
Saint-Dizier
Saint-Éloi
Saint-Epvre
Saint-Erme-Outre
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
Saint-Étienne-Roilaye
Saint-Eugène
Saint-Eutrope
Saint-Félix
Saint-Ferjeux
Saint-Fiacre
Saint-Firmin
Saint-Floris
Saint-Folquin
Saint-François
Saint-Fuscien
Saint-Gaudérique
Saint-Genès
Saint-Gengoulph
Saint-Georges
Saint-Georges-Occitane
Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa
Saint-Germain-la-Poterie
Saint-Germain-sur-Bresle
Saint-Germer-de-Fly
Saint-Giniez
Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobert
Saint-Gratien
Saint-Hélier
Saint-Henri
Saint-Hilaire
Saint-Hilaire-Cottes
Saint-Hilaire-lez-Cambrai
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe
Saint-Ideuc
Saint-Inglevert
Saint-Irénée
Saint-Jacques
Saint-Jacques-Nazareth
Saint-Jans-Cappel
Saint-Jean
Saint-Jean-aux-Bois
Saint-Jean Belcier
Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Saint-Jean-des-Marais
Saint-Jean-du-Désert
Saint-Jean-lès-Brocourt
Saint-Jérôme
Saint-Joseph
Saint-Josse
Saint-Julien
Saint-Just
Saint-Just-des-Marais
Saint-Just-en-Chaussée
Saint-Lambert
Saint-Laurent
Saint-Lazare
Saint-Léger
Saint-Léger-aux-Bois
Saint-Léger-en-Bray
Saint-Léger-lès-Authie
Saint-Léger-lès-Domart
Saint-Léger-sur-Bresle
Saint-Léonard
Saint-Léonard-de-Morlemont
Saint-Leu
Saint-Leu-d'Esserent
Saint-Lô
Saint-Louis
Saint-Loup
Saint-Marc
Saint-Marceau
Saint-Marcel
Saint-Mard
Saint-Martin
Saint-Martin-au-Laërt
Saint-Martin-aux-Bois
Saint-Martin-Boulogne
Saint-Martin-Choquel
Saint-Martin-de-Pas
Saint-Martin-d'Hardinghem
Saint-Martin-du-Touch
Saint-Martin-le-Nœud
Saint-Martin-Longueau
Saint-Martin-Rivière
Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul
Saint-Martin-sur-Écaillon
Saint-Mathieu
Saint-Maulvis
Saint-Maur
Saint-Maurice
Saint-Maurice Pellevoisin
Saint-Mauront
Saint-Maxent
Saint-Maximin
Saint-Menet
Saint-Michel
Saint-Michel-sous-Bois
Saint-Michel-sur-Ternoise
Saint-Mitre
Saint-Momelin
Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Nicolas
Saint-Nicolas-aux-Bois
Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée
Saint-Ouen
Saint-Pallais
Saint-Pancrace
Saint-Paul
Saint-Paul-aux-Bois
Saint-Pavin-des-Champs
Saint-Philippe
Saint-Pierre
Saint-Pierre-à-Gouy
Saint-Pierre-Aigle
Saint-Pierre-Brouck
Saint-Pierre-de-Féric
Saint-Pierre-es-Champs
Saint-Pierre-le-Potier
Saint-Pierre-lès-Bitry
Saint-Pierre-lès-Calais
Saint-Pierre-lès-Franqueville
Saint-Pierremont
Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon
Saint-Pol-sur-Mer
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Saint-Python
Saint-Quentin
Saint-Quentin-des-Prés
Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont
Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bailly
Saint-Quentin-sur-Allan
Saint-Remi
Saint-Rémy-au-Bois
Saint-Rémy-Blanzy
Saint-Remy-Chaussée
Saint-Remy-du-Nord
Saint-Remy-en-l'Eau
Saint-Riquier
Saint-Roch
Saint-Roman-de-Bellet
Saint-Samson-la-Poterie
Saint-Saturnin
Saint-Sauflieu
Saint-Saulve
Saint-Sauveur
Saint-Serge
Saint-Servan
Saint-Seurin
Saint-Sever
Saint-Simon
Saint-Simond
Saint-Souplet
Saint-Sulpice
Saint-Sylvestre
Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel
Saint-Symphorien
Saint-Thibaut
Saint-Thomas
Saint-Tricat
Saint-Tronc
Saint-Vaast-de-Longmont
Saint-Vaast-en-Cambrésis
Saint-Vaast-en-Chaussée
Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello
Saint-Valery
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
Saint-Venant
Saint-Victor
Saint-Victor-sur-Loire
Saint-Vincent
Saint-Vivien
Saint-Waast
Sauqueuse-Saint-Lucien
Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine
Trith-Saint-Léger
Ully-Saint-Georges
Vallée Saint-Ladre
Villers-Saint-Barthélemy
Villers-Saint-Frambourg
Villers-Saint-Genest
Villers-Saint-Paul
Villers-Saint-Sépulcre
Villiers-Saint-Denis

- In toponyms of French Guiana:

Saint-Élie
Saint-Georges
Saint-Jean-du-Maroni
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

- In Guadeloupean toponyms:

Saint-Claude
Saint-François
Saint-Louis

- In Italian toponyms:

Antey-Saint-André
Challand-Saint-Anselme
Challand-Saint-Victor
Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Pont-Saint-Martin
Pré-Saint-Didier
Rhêmes-Saint-Georges
Saint-Christophe
Saint-Denis
Saint-Marcel
Saint-Nicolas
Saint-Oyen
Saint-Pierre
Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses
Saint-Vincent

- In toponyms of Martinique:

Fonds-Saint-Denis
Saint-Esprit
Saint-Joseph
Saint-Pierre

- In toponyms of Réunion:

Saint-André
Saint-Benoît
Saint-Denis
Saint-Joseph
Saint-Leu
Saint-Louis
Saint-Paul
Saint-Philippe
Saint-Pierre

- In Swiss toponyms:

Bourg-Saint-Pierre
Châtel-Saint-Denis
Chézard-Saint-Martin
Rueyres-Saint-Laurent
Saint-Aubin
Saint-Barthélemy
Saint-Blaise
Saint-Brais
Saint-Cergue
Saint-Cierges
Saint-George
Saint-Gingolph
Saint-Imier
Saint-Jean
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz
Saint-Léonard
Saint-Livres
Saint-Luc
Saint-Martin
Saint-Maurice
Saint-Oyens
Saint-Prex
Saint-Saphorin
Saint-Sulpice
Saint-Ursanne
Villaz-Saint-Pierre

Anagrams

tians

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sant, of unknown origin. DIL connects it with Welsh chwant (“desire”), but the Old Irish cognate of that word is actually sét (“treasure”). The ant sequence suggests a late loanword into Goidelic.

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠɪn̠ʲtʲ/[1]

Noun

saint f (genitive singular sainte)

greed, avarice, covetousness
great eagerness, desire

Declension

Declension of saint

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	saint
Vocative	a shaint
Genitive	sainte
Dative	saint

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an tsaint
Genitive	na sainte
Dative	leis an tsaint don tsaint

Synonyms

cíocras, gabhálacht (“avarice”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
saint	shaint after an, tsaint	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43

Norman

Etymology

From Old French saint, from Latin sanctus (“holy”).

Pronunciation

Audio (Jersey) (file)

Adjective

saint m

(Jersey) holy

Noun

saint m (plural saints)

(Jersey, religion) saint

Old French

Alternative forms

sanct (rare)
saent (rare)
seint (common, chiefly Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Latin sanctus

Noun

saint m (oblique plural sainz or saintz, nominative singular sainz or saintz, nominative plural saint)

saint

Declension

Declension of saint

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	Subject	sainz	sainte
Singular	Oblique	saint	sainte
Plural	Subject	saint	saintes
Plural	Oblique	sainz	saintes

Adjective

saint m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sainte)

holy
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:
  Conment hom devoit Dieu servir
  Por saint Paradix deservir
  How man should serve God
  In order to deserve Heaven
pious; devout

Descendants

→ English: saint
French: saint
Norman: saint (Jersey)

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sai̯nt/

Noun

saint m pl (not mutable)

plural of sant

[1] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43

saint

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

Translations

Etymology 3

Prefix

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Adjective

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Mutation

References

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Noun

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Adjective

Descendants

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun