English

Adjective

sane ‎(comparative saner, superlative sanest)

1. Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.

   a sane mind

2. Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.

   a sane person

3. Rational; reasonable; sensible.

   Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.

Synonyms

• (possessing mental faculties): in one's right mind, play with a full deck
• See also Wikisaurus:sane.

Antonyms

• insane
• crazy
• unbalanced
• See also Wikisaurus:insane.

Translations

Related terms

• (being healthy): sanity, mental health
• (possessing mental faculties): compos mentis, right-minded

Anagrams

• ensa, ENSA
• nase
• Sean

Esperanto

Adverb

sane

1. healthily

Finnish

Etymology

< sana ‎(“word”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑneˣ/
• Rhymes: -ɑne
• Hyphenation: sa‧ne

Noun

sane

1. (linguistics) vocable (word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning)
2. word token

Declension

Italian

Adjective

sane

1. feminine plural of sano

Anagrams

• anse

Japanese

Romanization

sane

1. rōmaji reading of さね

Latin

Etymology

From sānus ‎(“healthy; sane”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.neː/

Adverb

sānē ‎(comparable sānius, superlative sānissimē)

1. soundly, healthily, well
2. soberly, sensibly, reasonably, discreetly
3. (by extension) truly, indeed; certainly, right, really; quite, very

Synonyms

• (truly, very): valde

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.ne/

Adjective

sāne

1. vocative masculine singular of sānus

References

• sane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sane”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem
    
• sane in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• sane in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Verb

sane

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of sanar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of sanar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of sanar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of sanar

Spanish

Verb

sane

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sanar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sanar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sanar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of sanar.