santa

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English

Noun

santa (plural santas)

1. (informal) Alternative letter-case form of Santa (noun).

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sanˈta/ [sʌnˈtʌ]
• Hyphenation: san‧ta

Noun

santá f (plural sánot m)

1. bag, sack

Declension

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “santa”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asturian

Noun

santa f (plural santes)

1. saint (woman proclaimed as saint)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsan.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsan.ta]

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of sant

Noun

santa f (plural santes)

1. female equivalent of sant

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Norse sandr, Swedish sand).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑntɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
• Syllabification^(key): san‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): san‧ta

Noun

santa

1. sand (usually slightly wet sand)

   Synonym: hiekka

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “santa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• ansat, nasta, natsa, sanat, tasan

Franco-Provençal

Noun

santa (Old Beaujolais)

1. Alternative form of santât (“health”)

References

• santa in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of santo

Noun

santa f (plural santas)

1. female equivalent of santo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto sankta, English saint, French saint, German Sankt, Italian santo, Spanish santo..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanta/

Adjective

santa

1. holy

Derived terms

• santeso

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese santa (“female saint”), from Old Galician-Portuguese santa. See the entry santo for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsan.ta]
• Rhymes: -ta
• Hyphenation: san‧ta

Noun

santa f

1. feminine of santo (“saint”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.ta/
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: sàn‧ta

Adjective

santa f sg

1. feminine singular of santo (“holy”)

Noun

santa f (plural sante)

1. saint
2. Saint (before a name of a saint or in place names, as Santa )

Anagrams

• Nasta, Satàn, stana, tansa

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese santo.

Adjective

santa

1. holy

Noun

santa

1. saint

Ladin

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of sant

Neapolitan

Adjective

santa f sg

1. feminine singular of santo

Nheengatu

Etymology

From Portuguese santa.

Noun

noun

1. (Christianity) saintess, a female saint.

Adjective

santa

1. holy

Usage notes

As an adjective, it's often used with nouns borrowed from Portuguese that are originally female, as in Santa Kurusá (Holy Cross) or Santa Maria (Holy Mary).

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit सन्त् (sant).

Adjective

santa

1. present active participle of atthi (“to be”)
2. true
3. good

Usage notes

In the locative absolute, the locative singular form is sati irrespective of gender.

Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

santa

1. past participle of sammati (“to be calmed; to dwell”)
2. calmed
3. tranquil

Declension

Etymology 3

Adjective

santa

1. past participle of sammati (“to be tired”)
2. tired, exhausted

Declension

References

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 461.
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sant”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “santa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
• Hyphenation: san‧ta

Noun

santa f (plural santas)

1. saintess; female equivalent of santo
2. (figuratively, often ironically) a good or kind woman

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of santo

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sȃnta f (Cyrillic spelling са̑нта)

1. iceberg

Sicilian

Noun

santa f (plural santi)

1. female equivalent of santu

Spanish

Alternative forms

• sancta (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sancta, from Latin sānctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanta/ [ˈsãn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: san‧ta

Noun

santa f (plural santas)

1. saintess; female equivalent of santo

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of santo

Related terms

Further reading

• “santo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese santa or less probably Spanish santa.

Adjective

santa

1. holy

Derived terms

• Santa Yeye

Noun

santa

1. saint

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish santa, feminine of santo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsanta/ [ˈsan̪.t̪ɐ], /sanˈta/ [sɐn̪ˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -anta, -a
• Syllabification: san‧ta

Adjective

santa or santá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. feminine of santo: referring to an important figure, item, or event which had a feminine gender in Spanish: holy; sacred (used in certain expressions)

   Synonym: banal

Related terms

Noun

santa or santá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. feminine of santo: female saint
2. feminine of santo: image or statue of a female saint

Further reading

• “santa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• antsa, antas