sanguine

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From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) (of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h1sh2-én-, from *h1ésh2r̥ (“blood”), with an obscure suffix such as *-ǵh- (related to body parts)) + -inus + -eus. The obsolete medical sense is in reference to the humour (blood) which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with cheerfulness, optimism, confidence, liveliness, and spiritedness. Doublet of sanguineous.

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: кървавочервен (kǎrvavočerven) — having the colour of blood; red
• Chinese Mandarin: 血红 (xuèhóng) — having the colour of blood; red
• Czech: krvavě rudý — having the colour of blood; red
• Czech: rudý — having the colour of blood; red
• Dutch: bloedrood — having the colour of blood; red
• Dutch: rood — having the colour of blood; red
• Finnish: verenpunainen — having the colour of blood; red
• German: blutrot — having the colour of blood; red
• Hungarian: vérvörös — having the colour of blood; red
• Icelandic: blóðrauður — having the colour of blood; red
• Irish: fola — having the colour of blood; red
• Italian: sanguigno — having the colour of blood; red
• Polish: krwawoczerwony — having the colour of blood; red
• Polish: krwistoczerwony — having the colour of blood; red
• Portuguese: sanguíneo — having the colour of blood; red
• Russian: кроваво-красный (krovavo-krasnyj) — having the colour of blood; red
• Spanish: rojo — having the colour of blood; red
• Spanish: sanguíneo — having the colour of blood; red
• Swedish: blodröd — having the colour of blood; red
• Turkish: kırmızı — having the colour of blood; red
• Turkish: kan rengi — having the colour of blood; red
• Bulgarian: сангвиничен (sangviničen) — having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours
• Czech: sangvinický — having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours
• Danish: sangvinsk — having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours
• Hungarian: szangvinikus — having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours
• Hungarian: heves — having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours
• Hungarian: hevülékeny — having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours
• Hungarian: vérmes — having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours
• Irish: fola — having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours
• Portuguese: sanguíneo — having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours
• Swedish: sangvinisk — having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours
• Ukrainian: сангвінік (sanhvinik) — having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours
• Bulgarian: пълнокръвен (pǎlnokrǎven) — characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood
• Romanian: sangvin — characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood
• Spanish: sanguíneo — characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood
• Czech: živý — warm; ardent
• Czech: vznětlivý — warm; ardent
• Czech: horkokrevný — warm; ardent
• Italian: sanguigno — warm; ardent
• Norwegian Bokmål: sangvinsk — warm; ardent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sangvinsk — warm; ardent
• Spanish: sanguíneo — warm; ardent
• Swedish: sangvinisk — warm; ardent
• Turkish: sıcak — warm; ardent
• Turkish: candan — warm; ardent
• Bulgarian: оптимистичен (optimističen) — anticipating the best
• Czech: optimistický — anticipating the best
• Finnish: toiveikas — anticipating the best
• Hungarian: bizakodó — anticipating the best
• Hungarian: reményteli — anticipating the best
• Hungarian: reményteljes — anticipating the best
• Hungarian: derűlátó — anticipating the best
• Irish: dóchasach — anticipating the best
• Irish: dearfach — anticipating the best
• Irish: aigeanta — anticipating the best
• Italian: ottimista — anticipating the best
• Italian: confidente — anticipating the best
• Norwegian: optimistisk — anticipating the best
• Norwegian Bokmål: sangvinsk — anticipating the best
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sangvinsk — anticipating the best
• Polish: optymistyczny — anticipating the best
• Russian: оптимистичный (optimističnyj) — anticipating the best
• Russian: жизнерадостный (žizneradostnyj) — anticipating the best
• Swedish: sangvinisk — anticipating the best
• Swedish: optimistisk — anticipating the best
• Swedish: hoppfull — anticipating the best
• Swedish: förtröstansfull — anticipating the best
• Turkish: iyimser — anticipating the best
• Chinese Mandarin: 血红色 (xuèhóngsè) — blood red colour
• Finnish: verenpunainen — blood red colour
• Galician: sanguíneo — blood red colour
• Indonesian: merah darah — blood red colour
• Italian: sanguigno — blood red colour
• Portuguese: sanguíneo — blood red colour
• Spanish: sanguíneo — blood red colour
• Turkish: kan rengi — blood red colour
• Turkish: kırmızı — blood red colour
• Turkish: al — blood red colour
• French: sanguine — bloodstone
• Polish: heliotrop — bloodstone
• Chinese Mandarin: 红粉笔 (hóngfěnbǐ) — red crayon
• French: sanguine — red crayon
• Italian: sanguigna — red crayon
• Polish: czerwona kredka — red crayon