English

Adjective

syn ‎(comparative more syn, superlative most syn)

1. (chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 0° and 90°.

Coordinate terms

• (chemistry): anti

Anagrams

• sny

Afrikaans

Pronoun

syn

1. Obsolete form of sy.

Particle

syn

1. Obsolete form of se.
2. Obsolete form of s'n.

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

syn m

1. son

Declension

Antonyms

• dcera

Derived terms

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sūˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨn/

Noun

syn m ‎(diminutive synk)

1. son

Declension

Derived terms

• synašk

Coordinate terms

• źowka ‎(“daughter”)
• nan ‎(“father”)
• maś ‎(“mother”)

References

• syn in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
• syn in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sýn

Noun

syn n ‎(definite singular synet, indefinite plural syn or syner, definite plural syna or synene) (genitive form syne)

1. sight, eyesight, vision (ability to see)
2. a sight

   et vakkert syn - a beautiful sight

3. komme til syne (old genitive form) - come into sight
4. a vision or hallucination
5. a premonition
6. a view (opinion)

Derived terms

References

• “syn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sýn

Noun

syn n ‎(definite singular synet, indefinite plural syn, definite plural syna)

syn f ‎(definite singular syna, indefinite plural syner, definite plural synene)

1. sight, eyesight, vision (ability to see)
2. a sight

   eit vakkert syn - a beautiful sight

3. (especially feminine) a vision
4. (feminine plural only) hallucinations
5. a view (opinion)

Derived terms

• ettersyn
• innsyn
• synspunkt

References

• “syn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Noun

sȳn f

1. sight, ability to see
2. appearance

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: syn

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨn/

Noun

syn m pers ‎(diminutive synek)

1. son

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sūˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin/
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

syn m ‎(genitive singular syna, nominative plural synovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. son

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sȳn, from Old Norse sýn, sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Pronunciation

Noun

syn c

1. sight (ability to see), vision
2. a sight, a view
3. a vision, a revelation (of the future)

Declension

Related terms

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *synъ, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Noun

syn m

1. son

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sīnaz ‎(“his, her, its, their”, reflexive possessive pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *séynos, genitive of *só ‎(“that”); cognate with Swedish sin, Faroese sín, Dutch zijn, German sein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin/

Pronoun

syn

1. his
2. its