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• /sɪn(t)s/
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• homophone: cents
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• homophone: scents
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• homophone: sense (pin–pen merger)
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From Middle English syns, synnes, contraction of earlier sithens, sithence, from sithen (“after, since”) ( + -s, adverbial genitive suffix), from Old English sīþþan, from the phrase sīþ þǣm (“after/since that (time)”), from sīþ (“since, after”) + þǣm dative singular of þæt. Cognate with Dutch sinds (“since”), German seit (“since”), Danish siden (“since”), Icelandic síðan (“since”) Scots syne (“since”).

327 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: që — from a specified time in the past
• Gheg Albanian: ce — from a specified time in the past
• Azerbaijani: bəri — from a specified time in the past
• Azerbaijani: etibarən — from a specified time in the past
• Bulgarian: оттогава (ottogava) — from a specified time in the past
• Catalan: de llavors (ençà) — from a specified time in the past
• Catalan: d'aleshores (ençà) — from a specified time in the past
• Chinese Mandarin: 從那以後 /从那以后 (cóng nà yǐhòu) — from a specified time in the past
• Chinese Mandarin: 後來 /后来 (hòulái) — from a specified time in the past
• Danish: siden — from a specified time in the past
• Dutch: sindsdien — from a specified time in the past
• Esperanto: ekde — from a specified time in the past
• Esperanto: de kiam — from a specified time in the past
• Finnish: sen jälkeen — from a specified time in the past
• Finnish: siitä lähtien — from a specified time in the past
• French: depuis — from a specified time in the past
• Galician: dende — from a specified time in the past
• Galician: desde — from a specified time in the past
• German: seitdem — from a specified time in the past
• German: seither — from a specified time in the past
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 (þanaseiþs) — from a specified time in the past
• Greek: από τότε (apó tóte) — from a specified time in the past
• Hungarian: azóta — from a specified time in the past
• Ido: depose — from a specified time in the past
• Italian: da allora — from a specified time in the past
• Khmer: តាំងពី (taŋ pii) — from a specified time in the past
• Northern Kurdish: jê pê va — from a specified time in the past
• Northern Kurdish: jê şûn va — from a specified time in the past
• Northern Kurdish: jê va — from a specified time in the past
• Latin: ab eō tempore — from a specified time in the past
• Latvian: kopš tā laika — from a specified time in the past
• Malayalam: മുതൽ (mutal) — from a specified time in the past
• Manchu: ᡝᠪᠰᡳ (ebsi) — from a specified time in the past
• Māori: mai rā anō — from a specified time in the past
• Māori: mai rānō — from a specified time in the past
• Māori: mai i — from a specified time in the past
• Norwegian Bokmål: siden — from a specified time in the past
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sidan — from a specified time in the past
• Polish: odtąd — from a specified time in the past
• Portuguese: desde — from a specified time in the past
• Portuguese: desde então — from a specified time in the past
• Romanian: de atunci — from a specified time in the past
• Scots: syne — from a specified time in the past
• Spanish: desde entonces — from a specified time in the past
• Swedish: sedan dess — from a specified time in the past
• Swedish: sen dess — from a specified time in the past
• Thai: ตั้งแต่ (dtâng dtàe) — from a specified time in the past
• Ukrainian: відто́ді (vidtódi) — from a specified time in the past
• Ukrainian: відтоді́ (vidtodí) — from a specified time in the past
• Welsh: ers hynny — from a specified time in the past
• Arabic: مُنْذُ (munḏu) — from the time that
• Bulgarian: откакто (otkakto) — from the time that
• Catalan: d'ençà que — from the time that
• Catalan: des que — from the time that
• Chinese Mandarin: 自從 /自从 (zìcóng) — from the time that
• Chinese Mandarin: 自 (zì) — from the time that
• Chinese Mandarin: 從 /从 (cóng) — from the time that
• Ngazidja Comorian: rangu — from the time that
• Cornish: a-ban — from the time that
• Czech: od té doby — from the time that
• Danish: siden — from the time that
• Dutch: sinds — from the time that
• Dutch: sedert — from the time that
• Ewe: tso — from the time that
• Finnish: siitä lähtien, kun — from the time that
• Finnish: sen jälkeen, kun — from the time that
• French: depuis que — from the time that
• Galician: des que — from the time that
• Galician: desque — from the time that
• Georgian: რაც (rac) — from the time that
• Georgian: მას შემდეგ, რაც (mas šemdeg, rac) — from the time that
• German: seitdem — from the time that
• German: seit — from the time that
• Greek: από τότε που (apó tóte pou) — from the time that
• Greek: έκτοτε (éktote) — from the time that
• Ancient Greek: ἐπειδή (epeidḗ) — from the time that
• Hungarian: mióta — from the time that
• Hungarian: amióta — from the time that
• Interlingua: desde que — from the time that
• Interlingua: post que — from the time that
• Irish: ó — from the time that
• Old Irish: ó — from the time that
• Italian: da quando — from the time that
• Italian: dacché — from the time that
• Japanese: ...から (...kara) — from the time that
• Japanese: ...より — from the time that
• Khmer: ចាប់តាំងពី (cap taŋ pii) — from the time that
• Khmer: តាំងពី (taŋ pii) — from the time that
• Northern Kurdish: ji dema ku — from the time that
• Latin: postquam — from the time that
• Latin: ex quō tempore — from the time that
• Latvian: kopš — from the time that
• Malay: sejak — from the time that
• Malayalam: മുതൽ (mutal) — from the time that
• Maltese: minn mindu — from the time that
• Norman: dépis — from the time that
• Norwegian Bokmål: siden — from the time that
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sidan — from the time that
• Persian: از زمانی که — from the time that
• Polish: od czasu kiedy — from the time that
• Polish: odkąd — from the time that
• Polish: od kiedy — from the time that
• Portuguese: desde que — from the time that
• Portuguese: desde quando — from the time that
• Romanian: de când — from the time that
• Russian: с тех пор как (s tex por kak) — from the time that
• Scottish Gaelic: on a — from the time that
• Slovene: odkar — from the time that
• Spanish: desde que — from the time that
• Swahili: tangu — from the time that
• Swedish: sedan — from the time that
• Swedish: sen — from the time that
• Thai: ตั้งแต่ครั้ง (dtâng dtàe kráng) — from the time that
• Turkish: beri — from the time that
• Ukrainian: відто́ді (vidtódi) — from the time that
• Vietnamese: kể từ lúc — from the time that
• Walloon: dispoy ki — from the time that
• Walloon: dispu ki — from the time that
• Welsh: ers — from the time that
• Welsh: er — from the time that
• Yiddish: זינט (zint) — from the time that
• Arabic: لِأَنَّ (liʔanna) — because
• Arabic: بما إنّه (bi-ma ʔinno) — because
• Arabic: طالما (ṭāla-ma) — because
• Bulgarian: тъй като (tǎj kato) — because
• Catalan: puix que — because
• Catalan: atès que — because
• Catalan: com que — because
• Chinese Mandarin: 因為 /因为 (yīnwèi) — because
• Chinese Mandarin: 由於 /由于 (yóuyú) — because
• Maore Comorian: ha iv̄o — because
• Czech: protože — because
• Czech: jelikož — because
• Dutch: aangezien — because
• Dutch: omdat — because
• Esperanto: ĉar — because
• Finnish: koska — because
• Finnish: sillä — because
• French: puisque — because
• French: vu que — because
• French: étant donné que — because
• Galician: como — because
• German: weil — because
• German: da — because
• Greek: αφού (afoú) — because
• Greek: επειδή (epeidí) — because
• Greek: μια και (mia kai) — because
• Ancient Greek: γάρ (gár) — because
• Ancient Greek: ἐπεί (epeí) — because
• Hawaiian: no ka mea — because
• Hungarian: mivel — because
• Hungarian: minthogy — because
• Indonesian: karena — because
• Interlingua: proque — because
• Irish: ó — because
• Italian: siccome — because
• Italian: poiché — because
• Italian: giacché — because
• Italian: dacché — because
• Italian: visto che — because
• Italian: dato che — because
• Japanese: ...ので (...node) — because
• Japanese: ...ため — because
• Japanese: ......により — because
• Japanese: ...によって (...ni yotte) — because
• Japanese: ...から (...kara) — because
• Khmer: ដោយសារតែ (daoy saa tae) — because
• Northern Kurdish: ji ber ku — because
• Latin: quoniam — because
• Latin: quippe quī — because
• Latvian: tā kā — because
• Lithuanian: kadangi — because
• Macedonian: чунки (čunki) — because
• Macedonian: бидејќи (bidejḱi) — because
• Malayalam: കാരണം (kāraṇaṁ) — because
• Manchu: ᠣᡶᡳ (ofi) — because
• Norwegian: fordi — because
• Norwegian: ettersom — because
• Norwegian Bokmål: siden — because
• Norwegian Bokmål: da — because
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sidan — because
• Norwegian Nynorsk: etter di — because
• Persian: از آنجایی که — because
• Polish: ponieważ — because
• Polish: skoro — because
• Portuguese: já que — because
• Portuguese: porque — because
• Portuguese: pois — because
• Portuguese: visto que — because
• Portuguese: uma vez que — because
• Portuguese: como — because
• Romanian: deoarece — because
• Russian: поско́льку (poskólʹku) — because
• Russian: потому́ что (potomú što) — because
• Russian: так как (tak kak) — because
• Scottish Gaelic: oir — because
• Scottish Gaelic: thoradh — because
• Slovene: ker — because
• Lower Sorbian: dokulaž — because
• Spanish: ya que — because
• Spanish: dado que — because
• Spanish: visto que — because
• Spanish: porque — because
• Spanish: supuesto que — because
• Swedish: då — because
• Thai: เนื่องจาก (nêuang jàak) — because
• Turkish: -den — because
• Turkish: için — because
• Ukrainian: тому́ (tomú) — because
• Ukrainian: так як (tak jak) — because
• Walloon: come — because
• Walloon: puski — because
• Walloon: veyanmint ki — because
• Welsh: gan — because
• Amharic: ከ ... ወዲህ (kä ... wädih) — from (time)
• Arabic: مُنْذُ (munḏu) — from (time)
• Arabic: من (mən) — from (time)
• Arabic: من (min) — from (time)
• Arabic: من (min) — from (time)
• Armenian: սկսած (sksac) — from (time)
• Armenian: -ից (-icʻ) — from (time)
• Asturian: dende — from (time)
• Asturian: desde — from (time)
• Belarusian: з (z) — from (time)
• Bengali: অবধি (obodhi) — from (time)
• Bengali: থেকে (theke) — from (time)
• Bengali: হতে (hote) — from (time)
• Bengali: হইতে (hoite) — from (time)
• Bulgarian: от (ot) — from (time)
• Burmese: ကတည်းက (ka.tany:ka.) — from (time)
• Catalan: de ... ençà — from (time)
• Chinese Mandarin: 自從 /自从 (zìcóng) — from (time)
• Chinese Mandarin: 自 (zì) — from (time)
• Chinese Mandarin: 從 /从 (cóng) — from (time)
• Czech: od — from (time)
• Czech: od té doby — from (time)
• Danish: siden — from (time)
• Dutch: sinds — from (time)
• Dutch: sedert — from (time)
• Esperanto: ekde — from (time)
• Esperanto: depost — from (time)
• Estonian: alates — from (time)
• Estonian: saadik — from (time)
• Estonian: saati — from (time)
• Estonian: peale — from (time)
• Ewe: tso — from (time)
• Finnish: lähtien — from (time)
• French: depuis — from (time)
• West-Frisian: sûnt — from (time)
• Galician: desde — from (time)
• Galician: dende — from (time)
• Georgian: -დან (-dan) — from (time)
• German: seit — from (time)
• Greek: από (apó) — from (time)
• Greek: εδώ και (edó kai) — from (time)
• Ancient Greek: ἐκ (ek) — from (time)
• Haitian Creole: depi — from (time)
• Hawaiian: mahope mai — from (time)
• Hebrew: מאז (me'áz) — from (time)
• Hindi: ... से — from (time)
• Hungarian: óta — from (time)
• Icelandic: síðan — from (time)
• Ido: depos — from (time)
• Indonesian: sejak — from (time)
• Indonesian: dari — from (time)
• Indonesian: mulai — from (time)
• Indonesian: sejak dari — from (time)
• Indonesian: mulai dari — from (time)
• Interlingua: de — from (time)
• Interlingua: desde — from (time)
• Interlingua: a partir de — from (time)
• Irish: ó — from (time)
• Italian: da — from (time)
• Italian: a partire da — from (time)
• Japanese: ...以来 (...irai) — from (time)
• Japanese: ...から (...kara) — from (time)
• Japanese: ...より — from (time)
• Khmer: ចាប់តាំងពី (cap taŋ pii) — from (time)
• Khmer: តាំងពី (taŋ pii) — from (time)
• Korean: 부터 (buteo) — from (time)
• Korean: 후 (hu) — from (time)
• Northern Kurdish: ji ... ve — from (time)
• Lao: ຕັ້ງແຕ່ (tang tǣ) — from (time)
• Latin: abhinc — from (time)
• Latin: ab — from (time)
• Latin: a — from (time)
• Latvian: kopš — from (time)
• Lithuanian: nuo — from (time)
• Luxembourgish: zënter — from (time)
• Luxembourgish: zanter — from (time)
• Malay: sejak — from (time)
• Malayalam: മുതൽ (mutal) — from (time)
• Manchu: ᠴᡳ ᡩᡝᡵᡳ (ci) — from (time)
• Norman: dépis — from (time)
• Norwegian Bokmål: siden — from (time)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sidan — from (time)
• Occitan: dempuèi — from (time)
• Occitan: despuèi — from (time)
• Persian: از (az) — from (time)
• Polish: od — from (time)
• Portuguese: desde — from (time)
• Portuguese: a partir de — from (time)
• Romanian: de la — from (time)
• Romanian: din — from (time)
• Russian: с (s) — from (time)
• Scots: syne — from (time)
• Scottish Gaelic: o chionn — from (time)
• Slovak: od — from (time)
• Lower Sorbian: wót — from (time)
• Spanish: desde — from (time)
• Swahili: tangu — from (time)
• Swedish: sedan — from (time)
• Swedish: sen — from (time)
• Telugu: నుండి (nuṇḍi) — from (time)
• Telugu: నుంచి (nuñci) — from (time)
• Thai: ตั้งแต่ (dtâng dtàe) — from (time)
• Turkish: beri — from (time)
• Ukrainian: з (z) — from (time)
• Ukrainian: від (vid) — from (time)
• Urdu: ... سے — from (time)
• Vietnamese: từ — from (time)
• Vietnamese: từ khi — from (time)
• Volapük: sis — from (time)
• Walloon: dispoy — from (time)
• Walloon: dispu — from (time)
• Welsh: ers — from (time)
• Welsh: er — from (time)