adj
Meaning 1
Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a sane mind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sane
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/seɪn/
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sān
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rhymes with -eɪn
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homophone: sain
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homophone: Seine (one pronunciation)
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CMU ARPABET: S EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a sane person
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Rational; reasonable; sensible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Acronym of standard and normal evolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable
Topics: astrophysics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Initialism of sexual assault nurse examiner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Ellipsis of SANE disc, a type of black hole accretion disc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: astrophysics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 7
mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- appears to be completely sane
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: insane
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
marked by sound judgment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sane nuclear policy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reasonable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”). Doublet of sound.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عَاقِل (ʕāqil) — mentally healthy
- Bulgarian: разумен (razumen) — mentally healthy
- Chinese Mandarin: 神志正常 (shénzhì zhèngcháng) — mentally healthy
- Chinese Mandarin: 頭腦清楚 /头脑清楚 (tóunǎo qīngchu) — mentally healthy
- Chinese Mandarin: 頭腦清晰 /头脑清晰 (tóunǎo qīngxī) — mentally healthy
- Czech: příčetný — mentally healthy
- Czech: duševně zdravý — mentally healthy
- Esperanto: mense sana — mentally healthy
- Esperanto: prudenta — mentally healthy
- Finnish: terve — mentally healthy
- Finnish: järjissään — mentally healthy
- French: sain — mentally healthy
- German: vernünftig — mentally healthy
- Greek: σώφρων (sófron) — mentally healthy
- Ancient Greek: σώφρων (sṓphrōn) — mentally healthy
- Hebrew: שָׁפוּי (shafúy) — mentally healthy
- Indonesian: waras — mentally healthy
- Italian: sano (di mente) — mentally healthy
- Norwegian: tilregnelig — mentally healthy
- Norwegian: fornuftig — mentally healthy
- Portuguese: são — mentally healthy
- Romanian: sănătos — mentally healthy
- Russian: в своём уме́ (v svojóm umé) — mentally healthy
- Russian: в здра́вом уме́ (v zdrávom umé) — mentally healthy
- Russian: вменя́емый (vmenjájemyj) — mentally healthy
- Russian: здравомы́слящий (zdravomýsljaščij) — mentally healthy
- Russian: норма́льный (normálʹnyj) — mentally healthy
- Spanish: cuerdo — mentally healthy
- Spanish: estar en su acuerdo — mentally healthy
- Swahili: razini — mentally healthy
- Swedish: förnuftig — mentally healthy
- Yiddish: קלאָר (klor) — mentally healthy
- Bulgarian: здравомислещ (zdravomislešt) — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Chinese Mandarin: 神志正常 (shénzhì zhèngcháng) — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Chinese Mandarin: 頭腦清楚 /头脑清楚 (tóunǎo qīngchu) — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Chinese Mandarin: 頭腦清晰 /头脑清晰 (tóunǎo qīngxī) — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Czech: rozumný — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Esperanto: prudenta — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Esperanto: racia — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Finnish: tervejärkinen — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- French: sain d'esprit — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- German: zurechnungsfähig — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- German: vernünftig — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Ancient Greek: σώφρων (sṓphrōn) — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Italian: ragionevole — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Polish: rozsądny — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Romanian: rațional — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Russian: здравомы́слящий (zdravomýsljaščij) — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Spanish: cuerdo — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- Swahili: razini — mentally sound; possessing a rational mind