sinner
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A person who sins or has sinned.
- A person who, by one particular action, has sinned.
- An unregenerate person.
- A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.
- One who lives a hedonist life; a self-indulgent person.
name
- A surname.
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪnəː/
[ˈsɪnəː]
/ˈsɪnɚ/
[ˈsɪnɚ] ~ [ˈsɪnɹ̩]
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Word forms
sinner
sinners
Etymology
From Middle English synnere, equivalent to sin + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säänder (“sinner”), West Frisian sûnder (“sinner”), Dutch zondaar (“sinner”), German Low German Sünder, Sünner (“sinner”), German Sünder (“sinner”), Danish synder (“sinner”), Swedish syndare (“sinner”), Icelandic syndari (“sinner”).
Translations
Albanian: mëkatar
Albanian: mëkatare
Arabic: خَاطِئ
Arabic: خَاطِئَة
Arabic: آثِم
Arabic: آثِمَة
Arabic: عَاصٍ
Arabic: عَاصِيَة
Armenian: մեղավոր
Armenian: մեղանչող
Azerbaijani: günahkar
Belarusian: грэ́шнік
Belarusian: грэ́шніца
Bengali: পাপী
Bulgarian: гре́шник
Bulgarian: гре́шница
Catalan: pecador
Catalan: pecadora
Chinese Cantonese: 罪人
Hakka Chinese: 罪人
Chinese: 罪人
Chinese Mandarin: 罪人
Northern Min Chinese: 罪人
Czech: hříšník
Czech: hříšnice
Dalmatian: pecataur
Dalmatian: pecaudur
Danish: synder
Dutch: zondaar
Dutch: zondares
Esperanto: pekanto
Estonian: patune
Estonian: patustaja
Finnish: syntinen
French: pécheur
French: pécheresse
Old French: pecheor
Friulian: pecjadôr
Galician: pecador
Galician: pecadora
Georgian: ცოდვილი
German: Sünder
German: Sünderin
Greek: αμαρτωλός
Ancient Greek: ἁμαρτωλός
Greenlandic: ajortilik
Haitian Creole: pechè
Hebrew: חוֹטֵא
Hebrew: חוטאת
Hindi: पापी
Hindi: विधर्मी
Hindi: अधर्मी
Hindi: दुराचारी
Hindi: गुनहगार
Hungarian: bűnös
Hungarian: vétkes
Icelandic: syndari
Irish: peacach
Old Irish: peccad
Italian: peccatore
Italian: peccatrice
Japanese: 罪人
Kaqchikel: ajmak
Kazakh: күнәһар
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