noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈsæ.nə.ti/
General-American:/ˈsæ.nɪ.ti/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsæn.əˌti/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsæn.ɪˌti/
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noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being sane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English sanite, sanyte, sanytee, from Middle French sanité, from Latin sānitās, from sānus (“healthy”) + -itās (“-ity”). By surface analysis, sane + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
здрав разум
(zdrav razum)
— the condition of being sane
Czech:
příčetnost
— the condition of being sane
Danish:
fornuft
— the condition of being sane
Danish:
forstand
— the condition of being sane
Esperanto:
prudento
— the condition of being sane
French:
santé mentale
— the condition of being sane
Galician:
sensatez
— the condition of being sane
Galician:
xuízo
— the condition of being sane
Galician:
siso
— the condition of being sane
Galician:
cordura
— the condition of being sane
German:
Verstand
— the condition of being sane
German:
Zurechnungsfähigkeit
— the condition of being sane
Greek:
λογική
(logikí)
— the condition of being sane
Hungarian:
ép elme
— the condition of being sane
Hungarian:
épelméjűség
— the condition of being sane
Hungarian:
józan ész
— the condition of being sane
Indonesian:
kewarasan
— the condition of being sane
Italian:
sanità
— the condition of being sane
Plautdietsch:
Denkjvemieejen
— the condition of being sane
Polish:
poczytalność
— the condition of being sane
Portuguese:
sanidade
— the condition of being sane
Russian:
вменя́емость
(vmenjájemostʹ)
— the condition of being sane
Spanish:
cordura
— the condition of being sane
Swedish:
förnuft
— the condition of being sane
Swedish:
förstånd
— the condition of being sane
Bulgarian:
благоразумие
(blagorazumie)
— reasonable and rational behaviour
Bulgarian:
уравновесеност
(uravnovesenost)
— reasonable and rational behaviour
Chinese Mandarin:
理智
(lǐzhì)
— reasonable and rational behaviour
Czech:
racionálnost
— reasonable and rational behaviour
Czech:
rozumnost
— reasonable and rational behaviour
Esperanto:
prudento
— reasonable and rational behaviour
Galician:
sensatez
— reasonable and rational behaviour
Galician:
sentidiño
— reasonable and rational behaviour
German:
Vernunft
— reasonable and rational behaviour
German:
Vernünftigkeit
— reasonable and rational behaviour
Japanese:
正気
(shōki)
— reasonable and rational behaviour
Russian:
здравомы́слие
(zdravomýslije)
— reasonable and rational behaviour
Russian:
благоразу́мие
(blagorazúmije)
— reasonable and rational behaviour
Spanish:
sensatez
— reasonable and rational behaviour
Swedish:
förnuft
— reasonable and rational behaviour