different between sion vs sean

English

Noun

sion (plural sions)

1. Obsolete spelling of scion

Anagrams

• -osin, Ions, Ison, NOIs, Sino-, Soni, ions, ison, onis, sino-

Latin

Alternative forms

• sium

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (síon).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sion n (genitive si?); second declension

1. water parsley (Sium latifolium)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

References

• sion in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sion in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• 1 s??n ou s?um in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “1,447/3”
• sion in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sion in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• sion in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) , “sion”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 974/1

English

Noun

sean (plural seans)

1. Alternative form of seine

Verb

sean (third-person singular simple present seans, present participle seaning, simple past and past participle seaned)

1. Alternative form of seine
   • 1874, Edmund William Hunt Holdsworth, Deep-sea fishing and fishing boats (page 157)

     Seaning is conducted on a large scale at St. Ives for the capture of pilchards […]

Anagrams

• ENSA, Esan, NAEs, NESA, Nase, Sena, eans, nase, sane

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sen (compare Manx shenn), from Proto-Celtic *senos (compare Welsh hen), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”) (compare Latin senior/senex, Lithuanian s?nas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an?/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /?æ?n?/

Adjective

sean (comparative sine) (used predicatively)

1. old

Usage notes

• When used attributively, the prefix sean- is used instead.

Noun

sean m (genitive singular sean, nominative plural seana)

1. senior, ancestor
2. oldness; old thing

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "sean" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 sen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• seann

Etymology

From Old Irish sen (compare Manx shenn), from Proto-Celtic *senos (compare Welsh hen), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”) (compare Latin senior/senex, Lithuanian s?nas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n/

Adjective

sean (comparative sine)

1. old

Derived terms

Further reading

• “sean” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 sen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sean/, [?se.ãn]

Verb

sean

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of ser.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of ser.
3. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of ser.

Volapük

Noun

sean (nominative plural seans)

1. ocean (large body of water)

Declension