sang

See also: Sang, sāng, sǎng, sàng, säng, sång, and sáng

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: săng, IPA^(key): /sæŋ/

• Audio (US)

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• (also) (US) enPR: sāng, IPA^(key): /seɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

Verb

sang

1. simple past tense of sing

Anagrams

• AGNs gans, nags, snag

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ ‎(“blood”). The word, originally masculine, became feminine in Catalan. Compare French sang, Italian sangue, Occitan sang, Romanian sânge, Spanish sangre.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋk

Noun

sang f (plural sangs)

1. blood

Related terms

• sagnar

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫngr.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [sɑŋˀ]

Noun

sang c ( singular definite sangen, plural indefinite sange)

1. song
2. singing

Inflection

Declension of sang

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sang	sangen	sange	sangene
genitive	sangs	sangens	sanges	sangenes

Verb

sang

1. past tense of synge

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French

Etymology

From Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ ‎(“blood”). Compare Catalan sang, Italian sangue, Romanian sânge, Spanish sangre.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃/
• Homophones: cent, cents, sangs, sans, sens, sent

Noun

sang m (plural sangs)

1. blood

Related terms

Terms derived from sang

• saigner
• sang-froid

• sanglant
• sanguin

• sanguinaire
• se faire un sang d'encre

External links

• “sang” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Friulian

Alternative forms

• sanc (standard orthography)

Noun

sang m

1. Alternative form of sanc

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German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb

sang

1. past tense of singen

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Malay

Article

sang

1. the (used in proper names)

   Hikayat Sang Kancil

   Tales of the Mousedeer

Synonyms

• si

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Mandarin

Romanization

sang

1. Nonstandard spelling of sāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sǎng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sàng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.

Noun

sang m (plural sangs)

1. blood

Descendants

• French: sang

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Noun

sang m (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) blood

Derived terms

• doque à sang, fielles à sang, hèrbe à sang, sang d'dragon ‎(“wood dock”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• song (Nynorsk)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sǫngr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saŋ/, [sɑŋ]

Noun

sang m (definite singular sangen, indefinite plural sanger, definite plural sangene)

1. a song

Derived terms

• nasjonalsang
• sangfugl

Etymology 2

Verb

sang

1. past tense of synge

References

“sang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.

Noun

sang m, f (uncountable)

1. blood

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Cognate with Old High German sanc, Old Norse sǫngr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑŋɡ/

Noun

sang m

1. song

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Romansch

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.

Noun

sang m

1. blood

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [s̪aːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˧˥]

Adjective

sang

1. expensive, luxurious

Verb

sang

1. to go over, to come over, to cross
2. to transfer
3. to be noble