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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sinus. Doublet of sine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?n?s/
• Rhymes: -a?n?s

Noun

sinus (plural sinuses)

1. (anatomy) A pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus.
2. (anatomy) A channel for transmitting venous blood.
3. (botany) A notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of an organ.
4. (pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, caused by the destruction of tissue.
5. A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Sunis, nisus

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sinus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?si.nus/

Noun

sinus m (plural sinus)

1. sine

Derived terms

• cosinus

See also

• tangent
• cosecant
• secant
• cotangent

Further reading

• “sinus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

From Latin sinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?nus]
• Hyphenation: si?nus

Noun

sinus m inan

1. (trigonometry) sine
2. (anatomy) sinus

Declension

Related terms

• kosinus

Further reading

• sinus in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• sinus in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
• sinus in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Danish

Noun

sinus c (singular definite sinussen, plural indefinite sinusser)

1. (geometry) sine

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si?nus

Etymology 1

From Latin sinus.

Noun

sinus m (plural sinussen, diminutive sinusje n)

1. (trigonometry) sine

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: sinus

Etymology 2

From Latin sinus.

Noun

sinus m (plural sinussen, diminutive sinusje n)

1. sinus

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: sinus

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin sinus. Compare the inherited doublet sein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.nys/

Noun

sinus m (plural sinus)

1. (anatomy) sinus
2. (trigonometry) sine

See also

• cosécante
• cosinus
• cotangente
• sécante
• tangente

Further reading

• “sinus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch sinus, from Latin sinus, from Proto-Indo-European *sinos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sin?s]
• Hyphenation: si?nus

Noun

sinus (first-person possessive sinusku, second-person possessive sinusmu, third-person possessive sinusnya)

1. sinus.
2. (trigonometry) sine.

Further reading

• “sinus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *sinos; akin to Albanian gji (“breast, bosom”).

The mathematical sense ‘chord of an arc, sine’ was introduced in the 12th century by Gherardo of Cremona as a semantic loan from Arabic ?????? (jayb, “chord, sine”) (ultimately a loan from Sanskrit ???? (jy?, “bowstring”)) by confusion with ?????? (jayb, “bosom, fold in a garment”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?si.nus/, [?s??n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?si.nus/, [?si?nus]

Noun

sinus m (genitive sin?s); fourth declension

1. a hollow, cavity
2. curve, fold, winding
3. gulf, bay
4. (by extension) cove
5. bosom
6. fold of the toga over the breast, pocket, lap
7. heart, secret feelings
8. (Medieval Latin, mathematics) chord of an arc, sine
9. (Medieval Latin) fjord

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (bosom): pectus

Derived terms

• sinu?s?
• sinu?sus

Related terms

• sinu?

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *sh?ih?sno-, deverbative of *seh?y- ‘to sift, strain’ (compare Ancient Greek ???? (?thé?), Lithuanian sijóti, Serbo-Croatian s?jati).

Alternative forms

• s?num

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?si?.nus/, [?s?i?n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?si.nus/, [?si?nus]

Noun

s?nus m (genitive s?n?); second declension

1. a large bowl

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• sinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• sinus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sinus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Noun

sinus

1. locative singular of sitnu

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin sinus.

Noun

sinus m (definite singular sinusen, indefinite plural sinuser, definite plural sinusene)

1. (trigonometry) sine
2. (anatomy) sinus

Related terms

• cosinus

References

• “sinus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin sinus.

Noun

sinus m (definite singular sinusen, indefinite plural sinusar, definite plural sinusane)

1. (trigonometry) sine
2. (anatomy) sinus

Related terms

• cosinus

References

• “sinus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si.nus/

Noun

sinus m inan

1. sine

Declension

Derived terms

• sinusowy, sinusoida

Romanian

Etymology

From French sinus

Noun

sinus n (plural sinusuri)

1. sine (trigonometric function)

Veps

Pronoun

sinus

1. inessive of sinä

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæs?t/
• Rhymes: -æs?t

Noun

facet (plural facets)

1. Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.

2. One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.

   Synonym: aspect

   The child's learning disability was only one facet of the problems contributing to his delinquency.

3. One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.

   We had just about completed the research facet of the project when the order came to cancel it.

4. (anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
5. (anatomy) A smooth circumscribed surface.

   the articular facet of a bone

6. (anatomy) Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion
7. (architecture) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.
8. (mathematics) A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.
9. (computing) A criterion that can be used to sort and filter, such as the colour or size of products in an online store.

Derived terms

• multifaceted
• facetal

Translations

Verb

facet (third-person singular simple present facets, present participle faceting or facetting, simple past and past participle faceted or facetted)

1. To cut a facet into a gemstone.

Usage notes

• Faceting and faceted are more common in the US. Facetting and facetted are more common in the UK.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette (“facet”), diminutive of face.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fas?t/, [fa?s?d?]

Noun

facet c (singular definite facetten, plural indefinite facetter)

1. facet

Declension

Further reading

• facet on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• “facet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa??s?t/
• Hyphenation: fa?cet
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

facet n (plural facetten, diminutive facetje n)

1. facet

Derived terms

• facetoog

Descendants

• Afrikaans: faset
• ? Indonesian: faset

Polish

Etymology

From Latin fac?tus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa.t?s?t/

Noun

facet m pers (diminutive facecik, feminine facetka)

1. (colloquial) guy, fellow, chap

Declension

Further reading

• facet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• facet in Polish dictionaries at PWN