Polyglot Dictionary

saint

/sɛ̃/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
saints

Meaning

  1. saint

    • Saint Nicolas est le saint des enfants.

      Saint Nicholas is the saint of children.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

santo

santo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "saint."

Portuguese

santo

santo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "saint."

Practice

1 What does saint mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ Nicolas est le saint des enfants.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches saint?

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