# saint
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seɪnt/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Rhymes: -eɪnt
* (UK, as an unstressed, capitalised title) IPA: /sən(t)/, [sn̩(t)], [sɨn(t)]
* (UK, dialectal) IPA: /sɛnt/
** Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English saint, seint, sainct, seinct, sanct, senct, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”) and confluence with Old French saint, seinte (Modern French saint); both from Latin sānctus (“holy, consecrated”, in Late Latin as a noun, “a saint”), past participle of sancīre (“to render sacred, make holy”), akin to sacer (“holy, sacred”). Doublet of Sanctus. Displaced native Middle English halwe (“saint”) from Old English hālga (“saint, holy one”) (> Modern English hallow (“saint”)).

#### Noun

saint (plural saints)
* (religion, generally) A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
    The Roman Catholic Church proclaimed Kateri Tekakwitha a saint in 2012.
* (Christianity) One of the blessed in heaven.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 742–744:Then ſhall thy Saints unmixt, and from th' impure / Farr ſeparate, circling thy holy Mount / Unfained Halleluiahs to thee ſing,
* (Christianity) A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 1:2:Unto the Church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Iesus, called to be Saints, with all that in euery place call vpon the Name of Iesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.
* (Mormonism, specifically) Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”)
* (figuratively, by extension) A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
    Dorothy Day was a living saint.
    Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!
* (archaic) A holy object.
** 1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Proverbes 20:25, page 299:It is ruine to a man to deuoure ſaintes, and afterward to retracte the vowes.

##### Alternative forms

* (holy person): St, St.

##### Synonyms

* (holy person): hallow (obsolete)

##### Hyponyms

* (holy person): holy man (male, nondenominational); arhat (Buddhism); sage (East Asia and philosophical sects); immortal (Taoism); wali (Islamic saint); casis (Islamic saint, historical); sultan (Turkish Sufi saint); martyr (person revered for sacrificing their life for a cause, sometimes inclusive of secular reverence by nations or political parties); confessor (Christian saints other than martyrs); san (male Christian saint in Spanish contexts, usu. as a title); santa (female Christian saint in Spanish contexts, usu. as a title); sainte (female Christian saint in French contexts, usu. as a title)

##### Derived terms

    See also the lists of derived terms at Saint and St
* All Saints
* blacke-saint
* fool-saint
* Gulf of Saint Lawrence
* military saint
* patience of a saint
* patron saint
* plaster saint
* Saint Aubin
* saintdom
* saintess
* saintful
* sainthead
* Saint Helier
* sainthood
* saintish
* saintism
* Saint-Jérôme
* Saint Johnstown
* Saint Joseph
* Saint-Lambert
* saintless
* saintlike
* saintly
* Saint-Maurice
* saintship
* Sunday saint
* Theddlethorpe All Saints
* Wainfleet All Saints

##### Related terms

* Santa

##### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

##### See also

* hallow, holos, holy

### Etymology 2

From Middle English saynten, seinten, sonten, partly from Anglo-Norman saintir and partly from the noun Middle English seint, seynt (see above).

#### Verb

saint (third-person singular simple present saints, present participle sainting, simple past and past participle sainted)
* (transitive) Synonym of canonize: to honor, formally name, or revere as a saint.
    Many Catholics wished to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately after his death.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

From the pattern of naming various parishes and other places for Christian saints.

#### Prefix

saint
* (toponymy) Capitalized and placed before another term, particularly personal names, to create placename without direct association to any religious character.

##### Usage notes

May be used for either male or female names. May be combined with the other word using a hyphen, particularly following French examples.

##### Alternative forms

* St, St.

##### Coordinate terms

* san (male only); sainte, santa (female only)

### Further reading

* “saint”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “saint”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* stain, stian, Sinta, Natsi, tians, insta-, Tians, Astin, Santi, tisan, satin, sat in, naits, Insta, Tanis, antis

## French
### Etymology

From Latin sanctus (“holy”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛ̃/, (in liaison) /sɛ̃.t‿/
* (Quebec) IPA: /sẽ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛ̃
* Homophones: sain, sains, saints, sein, seing, seings, seins, ceins, ceint, ceints

### Noun

saint m (plural saints, feminine sainte)
* a male saint; masculine of sainte

### Adjective

saint (feminine sainte, masculine plural saints, feminine plural saintes)
* saintly (all meanings)

#### Derived terms

* avoir une sainte horreur
* coquille Saint-Jacques
* guerre sainte
* ne pas savoir à quel saint se vouer
* prêcher pour son saint
* Saint Onge
* saint patron
* Saint-Empire romain germanique
* Saint-Macaire
* Saint-Macary
* Sainte Barbe
* sainte barbe
* terre sainte
* toute la sainte journée
* vendredi saint
- in Belgian toponyms:
* Cambron-Saint-Vincent
* Court-Saint-Étienne
* Couture-Saint-Germain
* Ellignies-Sainte-Anne
* Haine-Saint-Paul
* Haine-Saint-Pierre
* Houtain-Saint-Siméon
* Île Saint-Géry
* Lasne-Chapelle-Saint-Lambert
* Lens-Saint-Remy
* Lens-Saint-Servais
* Louette-Saint-Denis
* Louette-Saint-Pierre
* Masnuy-Saint-Jean
* Masnuy-Saint-Pierre
* Mesnil-Saint-Blaise
* Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
* Mont-Saint-André
* Mont-Saint-Aubert
* Mont-Saint-Guibert
* Montignies-Saint-Christophe
* Nil-Saint-Martin
* Nil-Saint-Vincent
* Saint-Amand
* Saint-André
* Saint-Aubin
* Saint-Barnabé
* Saint-Denis
* Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse
* Saint-Gérard
* Saint-Germain
* Saint-Géry
* Saint-Ghislain
* Saint-Gilles
* Saint-Hubert
* Saint-Jacques
* Saint-Jean-Geest
* Saint-Job
* Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
* Saint-Laurent
* Saint-Léger
* Saint-Léonard
* Saint-Marc
* Saint-Mard
* Saint-Martin
* Saint-Maur
* Saint-Médard
* Saint-Nicolas
* Saint-Pierre
* Saint-Remy
* Saint-Remy-Geest
* Saint-Sauveur
* Saint-Servais
* Saint-Séverin
* Saint-Symphorien
* Saint-Vaast
* Saint-Vincent
* Saint-Vith
* Sart-Saint-Laurent
* Solre-Saint-Géry
* Thorembais-Saint-Trond
* Tongre-Saint-Martin
* Tourinnes-Saint-Lambert
* Villers-Saint-Amand
* Villers-Saint-Ghislain
* Villers-Saint-Siméon
* Walhain-Saint-Paul
* Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
* Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
- in Canadian toponyms:
* Baie-Saint-Paul
* Cap-de-Saint-Louis
* Cap-Saint-Ignace
* Cascapédia–Saint-Jules
* Havre-Saint-Pierre
* Lac-Saint-Charles
* Lac-Saint-Joseph
* Lac-Saint-Paul
* L’Anse-Saint-Jean
* Mont-Saint-Michel
* Mont-Saint-Pierre
* Petit-Saint-Charles
* Petite-Rivière-Saint-François
* Rang-Saint-Georges
* Rang-Saint-Joseph
* Rivière-Saint-Jean
* Saint-Adalbert
* Saint-Adelme
* Saint-Adelphe
* Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard
* Saint-Adrien
* Saint-Adrien-d’Irlande
* Saint-Agapit
* Saint-Aignan
* Saint-Aimé
* Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs
* Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles
* Saint-Alban
* Saint-Albert
* Saint-Alexandre
* Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska
* Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs
* Saint-Alexis
* Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia
* Saint-Alexis-des-Monts
* Saint-Alfred
* Saint-Alphonse
* Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby
* Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez
* Saint-Amable
* Saint-Amateur
* Saint-Ambroise
* Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare
* Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard
* Saint-André
* Saint-André-Avellin
* Saint-André-de-Restigouche
* Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean
* Saint-André-d’Acton
* Saint-André-d’Argenteuil
* Saint-Anselme
* Saint-Antoine
* Saint-Antoine-de-Baie-du-Febvre
* Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup
* Saint-Antoine-de-l’Isle-aux-Grues
* Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
* Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu
* Saint-Antonin
* Saint-Apollinaire
* Saint-Armand
* Saint-Arsène
* Saint-Arthur
* Saint-Athanase
* Saint-Aubert
* Saint-Augustin
* Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
* Saint-Augustin-de-Mirabel
* Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
* Saint-Barnabé
* Saint-Barnabé-Sud
* Saint-Barthélemy
* Saint-Basile
* Saint-Basile-le-Grand
* Saint-Benjamin
* Saint-Benoît
* Saint-Benoît-du-Lac
* Saint-Benoît-Labre
* Saint-Bernard
* Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle
* Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville
* Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu
* Saint-Bonaventure
* Saint-Boniface
* Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan
* Saint-Bruno
* Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues
* Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska
* Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
* Saint-Calixte
* Saint-Camille
* Saint-Camille-de-Lellis
* Saint-Canut
* Saint-Casimir
* Saint-Castin
* Saint-Célestin
* Saint-Césaire
* Saint-Charles-Borromée
* Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
* Saint-Charles-de-Bourget
* Saint-Charles-de-Drummond
* Saint-Charles-Garnier
* Saint-Charles-Garnier-de-Pabos-Nord
* Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu
* Saint-Christophe-d’Arthabaska
* Saint-Claude
* Saint-Clément
* Saint-Cléophas
* Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon
* Saint-Clet
* Saint-Cœur-de-Marie
* Saint-Colomban
* Saint-Côme
* Saint-Côme–Linière
* Saint-Constant
* Saint-Cuthbert
* Saint-Cyprien
* Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville
* Saint-Cyriac
* Saint-Cyrille
* Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard
* Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover
* Saint-Damase
* Saint-Damase-de-L’Islet
* Saint-Damien
* Saint-Damien-de-Buckland
* Saint-David
* Saint-David-de-Falardeau
* Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie
* Saint-Denis-de-Brompton
* Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu
* Saint-Didace
* Saint-Dominique
* Saint-Dominique-de-Jonquière
* Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire
* Saint-Donat
* Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham
* Saint-Edmond-de-Pabos
* Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines
* Saint-Édouard
* Saint-Édouard-de-Fabre
* Saint-Édouard-de-Kent
* Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière
* Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé
* Saint-Élie-de-Caxton
* Saint-Élie-d’Orford
* Saint-Éloi
* Saint-Elphège
* Saint-Elzéar
* Saint-Elzéar-de-Témiscouata
* Saint-Émile
* Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk
* Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
* Saint-Épiphane
* Saint-Esprit
* Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois
* Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton
* Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon
* Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
* Saint-Eugène
* Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues
* Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière
* Saint-Eugène-d’Argentenay
* Saint-Eusèbe
* Saint-Eustache
* Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth
* Saint-Fabien
* Saint-Fabien-de-Panet
* Saint-Faustin–Lac-Carré
* Saint-Félicien
* Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier
* Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey
* Saint-Félix-de-Valois
* Saint-Félix-d’Otis
* Saint-Ferdinand
* Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges
* Saint-Fidèle-de-Restigouche
* Saint-Flavien
* Saint-Fortunat
* Saint-François
* Saint-François-de-Kent
* Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
* Saint-François-de-l’Île-d’Orléans
* Saint-François-de-Madawaska
* Saint-François-de-Sales
* Saint-François-du-Lac
* Saint-François-d’Assise
* Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton
* Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger
* Saint-Frédéric
* Saint-Fulgence
* Saint-Gabriel
* Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
* Saint-Gabriel-de-Kent
* Saint-Gabriel-de-Rameau
* Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski
* Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
* Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant
* Saint-Gédéon
* Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
* Saint-Georges
* Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville
* Saint-Georges-de-Windsor
* Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides
* Saint-Gérard-Majella
* Saint-Germain
* Saint-Germain-de-Grantham
* Saint-Gervais
* Saint-Gilbert
* Saint-Gilles
* Saint-Godefroi
* Saint-Grégoire
* Saint-Guillaume
* Saint-Guillaume-Nord
* Saint-Guy
* Saint-Henri
* Saint-Henri-de-Taillon
* Saint-Hermas
* Saint-Herménégilde
* Saint-Hilaire
* Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
* Saint-Hilarion
* Saint-Hippolyte
* Saint-Honoré
* Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley
* Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata
* Saint-Hubert
* Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup
* Saint-Hugues
* Saint-Hyacinthe
* Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur
* Saint-Ignace Siding
* Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge
* Saint-Ignace-du-Lac
* Saint-Irénée
* Saint-Isidore
* Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton
* Saint-Jacques
* Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds
* Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown
* Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur
* Saint-Janvier
* Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville
* Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
* Saint-Janvier-de-la-Croix
* Saint-Jean-Baptiste
* Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Nicolet
* Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Restigouche
* Saint-Jean-Chrysostome
* Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
* Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg
* Saint-Jean-de-Dieu
* Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande
* Saint-Jean-de-l’Île-d’Orléans
* Saint-Jean-de-Matha
* Saint-Jean-des-Piles
* Saint-Jean-Eudes
* Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
* Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
* Saint-Jean-Vianney
* Saint-Jérôme
* Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane
* Saint-Jérusalem
* Saint-Joachim
* Saint-Joachim-de-Courval
* Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford
* Saint-Joseph de Grantham
* Saint-Joseph-de-Baie-du-Febvre
* Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
* Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine
* Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska
* Saint-Joseph-de-Kent
* Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-De-Lévy
* Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
* Saint-Joseph-de-Madawaska
* Saint-Joseph-de-Maskinongé
* Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
* Saint-Joseph-des-Érables
* Saint-Joseph-du-Lac
* Saint-Joseph-d’Alma
* Saint-Jude
* Saint-Jules
* Saint-Julien
* Saint-Just-de-Bretenières
* Saint-Juste-du-Lac
* Saint-Justin
* Saint-Lambert
* Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon
* Saint-Laurent
* Saint-Laurent-de-l’Île-d’Orléans
* Saint-Lazare
* Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
* Saint-Léandre
* Saint-Léolin
* Saint-Léon-de-Standon
* Saint-Léon-le-Grand
* Saint-Léonard
* Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf
* Saint-Léonard-d’Aston
* Saint-Léonard-Parent
* Saint-Liboire
* Saint-Liguori
* Saint-Lin–Laurentides
* Saint-Louis
* Saint-Louis-de-Blandford
* Saint-Louis-de-Chambord
* Saint-Louis-de-France
* Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
* Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente
* Saint-Louis-de-Kamouraska
* Saint-Louis-de-Kent
* Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
* Saint-Luc
* Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse
* Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes
* Saint-Lucien
* Saint-Ludger
* Saint-Ludger-de-Milot
* Saint-Magloire
* Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham
* Saint-Malachie
* Saint-Malachie-d’Ormstown
* Saint-Malo
* Saint-Marc-de-Figuery
* Saint-Marc-des-Carrières
* Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long
* Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu
* Saint-Marcel
* Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu
* Saint-Marcellin
* Saint-Martin
* Saint-Martin-de-Restigouche
* Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu
* Saint-Mathieu
* Saint-Mathieu-de-Belœil
* Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux
* Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc
* Saint-Mathieu-d’Harricana
* Saint-Maurice
* Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis
* Saint-Médard
* Saint-Méthode
* Saint-Michel
* Saint-Michel-Archange
* Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse
* Saint-Michel-de-Mistassini
* Saint-Michel-de-Rougemont
* Saint-Michel-des-Saints
* Saint-Michel-des-Vieilles-Forges
* Saint-Michel-du-Squatec
* Saint-Modeste
* Saint-Moïse
* Saint-Narcisse
* Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage
* Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski
* Saint-Nazaire
* Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester
* Saint-Nazaire-d’Acton
* Saint-Nérée-de-Bellechasse
* Saint-Nicéphore
* Saint-Nicolas
* Saint-Nil
* Saint-Noël
* Saint-Norbert
* Saint-Norbert-d’Arthabaska
* Saint-Octave-de-l’Avenir
* Saint-Octave-de-Métis
* Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne
* Saint-Olivier
* Saint-Omer
* Saint-Onésime-d’Ixworth
* Saint-Ours
* Saint-Pacôme
* Saint-Pamphile
* Saint-Pascal
* Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage
* Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington
* Saint-Paul
* Saint-Paul-de-Châteauguay
* Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix
* Saint-Paul-de-l’Île-aux-Noix
* Saint-Paul-de-Montminy
* Saint-Paul-d’Abbotsford
* Saint-Paulin
* Saint-Paulin-Dalibaire
* Saint-Philémon
* Saint-Philibert
* Saint-Philippe
* Saint-Philippe-de-Néri
* Saint-Pie
* Saint-Pie-de-Guire
* Saint-Pierre
* Saint-Pierre-Baptiste
* Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton
* Saint-Pierre-de-Kent
* Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
* Saint-Pierre-de-Lamy
* Saint-Pierre-de-l’Île-d’Orléans
* Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
* Saint-Placide
* Saint-Polycarpe
* Saint-Pons
* Saint-Prime
* Saint-Prosper
* Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain
* Saint-Quentin
* Saint-Raphaël
* Saint-Raymond
* Saint-Rédempteur
* Saint-Rémi
* Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick
* Saint-René
* Saint-René-de-Matane
* Saint-Robert
* Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
* Saint-Roch-de-l’Achigan
* Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac
* Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu
* Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies
* Saint-Roch-Ouest
* Saint-Rodrigue
* Saint-Romain
* Saint-Romuald
* Saint-Rosaire
* Saint-Sacrement
* Saint-Samuel
* Saint-Sauveur
* Saint-Sébastien
* Saint-Sévère
* Saint-Séverin
* Saint-Siméon
* Saint-Simon
* Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski
* Saint-Simon-les-Mines
* Saint-Sixte
* Saint-Sosime
* Saint-Stanislas
* Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka
* Saint-Sulpice
* Saint-Sylvère
* Saint-Sylvestre
* Saint-Télesphore
* Saint-Tharcisius
* Saint-Théodore-d’Acton
* Saint-Théophile
* Saint-Thomas
* Saint-Thomas-de-Cherbourg
* Saint-Thomas-de-Kent
* Saint-Thomas-Didyme
* Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin
* Saint-Thuribe
* Saint-Timothée
* Saint-Tite
* Saint-Tite-des-Caps
* Saint-Ubalde
* Saint-Ulric
* Saint-Urbain
* Saint-Urbain-Premier
* Saint-Valentin
* Saint-Valère
* Saint-Valérien
* Saint-Valérien-de-Milton
* Saint-Vallier
* Saint-Venant-de-Paquette
* Saint-Vianney
* Saint-Victor
* Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
* Saint-Wenceslas
* Saint-Wilfred
* Saint-Zacharie
* Saint-Zénon
* Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui
* Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval
* Saint-Zotique
* Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël
* Saints-Anges
* Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens
* St. Claude
* St. Isidore-de-Bellevue
* St. Laurent de Grandin
* St. Louis
* Ste. Amélie
* Ste. Rose du Lac
* Très-Saint-Rédempteur
* Val-Saint-Gilles
* Val-Saint-Michel
* Village-Saint Augustin
* Village-Saint-Irénée
* Village-Saint-Jean
* Village-Saint-Laurent
* Village-Saint-Paul
* Village-Saint-Pierre
- In French toponyms:
* Abbeville-Saint-Lucien
* Ablain-Saint-Nazaire
* Auger-Saint-Vincent
* Avilly-Saint-Léonard
* Beaumerie-Saint-Martin
* Belloy-Saint-Léonard
* Béthisy-Saint-Martin
* Béthisy-Saint-Pierre
* Bézu-Saint-Germain
* Boiry-Saint-Martin
* Boisleux-Saint-Marc
* Bray-Saint-Christophe
* Buigny-Saint-Maclou
* Calvaire-Saint-Pierre
* Cavron-Saint-Martin
* Crouy-Saint-Pierre
* Écourt-Saint-Quentin
* Écoust-Saint-Mein
* Erny-Saint-Julien
* Escles-Saint-Pierre
* Estrées-Saint-Denis
* Fontaine-Saint-Lucien
* Hescamps-Saint-Clair
* Huby-Saint-Leu
* La Neuville-Saint-Pierre
* La Rue-Saint-Pierre
* Lachapelle-Saint-Pierre
* Lahaye-Saint-Romain
* Lanches-Saint-Hilaire
* Lattre-Saint-Quentin
* Le Coudray-Saint-Germer
* Le Fay-Saint-Quentin
* Le Mesnil-Saint-Firmin
* Le Mont-Saint-Adrien
* Le Plessier-Saint-Nicaise
* Le Plessier-sur-Saint-Just
* Les Hauts de Saint-Aubin
* Lesquielles-Saint-Germain
* Liancourt-Saint-Pierre
* Ligny-Saint-Flochel
* Longpré-les-Corps-Saints
* Maisoncelle-Saint-Pierre
* Merck-Saint-Liévin
* Mesnil-Saint-Georges
* Mesnil-Saint-Laurent
* Mesnil-Saint-Nicaise
* Monchy-Saint-Éloi
* Mont-Saint-Éloi
* Mont-Saint-Jean
* Mont-Saint-Martin
* Mont-Saint-Père
* Montcy-Saint-Pierre
* Montgru-Saint-Hilaire
* Nempont-Saint-Firmin
* Neuilly-Saint-Front
* Neuville-Saint-Amand
* Noël-Saint-Martin
* Noyers-Saint-Martin
* Petit-Saint-Jean
* Rozet-Saint-Albin
* Saint-Acheul
* Saint-Agnan
* Saint-Agne
* Saint-Alban-les-Vignes
* Saint-Algis
* Saint-Amand
* Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
* Saint-André
* Saint-André-au-Bois
* Saint-André-Farivillers
* Saint-André-lez-Lille
* Saint-Antoine
* Saint-Arnoult
* Saint-Aubert
* Saint-Aubin
* Saint-Aubin-en-Bray
* Saint-Aubin-Montenoy
* Saint-Aubin-Rivière
* Saint-Aubin-sous-Erquery
* Saint-Augustin
* Saint-Aurin
* Saint-Aybert
* Saint-Bandry
* Saint-Barnabé
* Saint-Barthélemy
* Saint-Benin
* Saint-Blimont
* Saint-Brice
* Saint-Césaire-lès-Nîmes
* Saint-Chamand
* Saint-Charles
* Saint-Christ
* Saint-Christophe-à-Berry
* Saint-Clair
* Saint-Claude
* Saint-Clément
* Saint-Crépin-aux-Bois
* Saint-Crépin-Ibouvillers
* Saint-Cyprien
* Saint-Cyr-sur-Chars
* Saint-Deniscourt
* Saint-Denœux
* Saint-Dizier
* Saint-Éloi
* Saint-Epvre
* Saint-Erme-Outre
* Saint-Étienne
* Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
* Saint-Étienne-Roilaye
* Saint-Eugène
* Saint-Eutrope
* Saint-Félix
* Saint-Ferjeux
* Saint-Fiacre
* Saint-Firmin
* Saint-Floris
* Saint-Folquin
* Saint-François
* Saint-Fuscien
* Saint-Gaudérique
* Saint-Genès
* Saint-Gengoulph
* Saint-Georges
* Saint-Georges-Occitane
* Saint-Georges-sur-l’Aa
* Saint-Germain-la-Poterie
* Saint-Germain-sur-Bresle
* Saint-Germer-de-Fly
* Saint-Giniez
* Saint-Gobain
* Saint-Gobert
* Saint-Gratien
* Saint-Hélier
* Saint-Henri
* Saint-Hilaire
* Saint-Hilaire-Cottes
* Saint-Hilaire-lez-Cambrai
* Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe
* Saint-Ideuc
* Saint-Inglevert
* Saint-Irénée
* Saint-Jacques
* Saint-Jacques-Nazareth
* Saint-Jans-Cappel
* Saint-Jean
* Saint-Jean Belcier
* Saint-Jean-aux-Bois
* Saint-Jean-de-Luz
* Saint-Jean-des-Marais
* Saint-Jean-du-Désert
* Saint-Jean-lès-Brocourt
* Saint-Jérôme
* Saint-Joseph
* Saint-Josse
* Saint-Julien
* Saint-Just
* Saint-Just-des-Marais
* Saint-Just-en-Chaussée
* Saint-Lambert
* Saint-Laurent
* Saint-Lazare
* Saint-Léger
* Saint-Léger-aux-Bois
* Saint-Léger-en-Bray
* Saint-Léger-lès-Authie
* Saint-Léger-lès-Domart
* Saint-Léger-sur-Bresle
* Saint-Léonard
* Saint-Léonard-de-Morlemont
* Saint-Leu
* Saint-Leu-d’Esserent
* Saint-Lô
* Saint-Louis
* Saint-Loup
* Saint-Marc
* Saint-Marceau
* Saint-Marcel
* Saint-Mard
* Saint-Martin
* Saint-Martin-au-Laërt
* Saint-Martin-aux-Bois
* Saint-Martin-Boulogne
* Saint-Martin-Choquel
* Saint-Martin-de-Pas
* Saint-Martin-du-Touch
* Saint-Martin-d’Hardinghem
* Saint-Martin-le-Nœud
* Saint-Martin-Longueau
* Saint-Martin-Rivière
* Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul
* Saint-Martin-sur-Écaillon
* Saint-Mathieu
* Saint-Maulvis
* Saint-Maur
* Saint-Maurice
* Saint-Maurice Pellevoisin
* Saint-Mauront
* Saint-Maxent
* Saint-Maximin
* Saint-Menet
* Saint-Michel
* Saint-Michel-sous-Bois
* Saint-Michel-sur-Ternoise
* Saint-Mitre
* Saint-Momelin
* Saint-Nazaire
* Saint-Nicolas
* Saint-Nicolas-aux-Bois
* Saint-Omer
* Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée
* Saint-Ouen
* Saint-Pallais
* Saint-Pancrace
* Saint-Paul
* Saint-Paul-aux-Bois
* Saint-Pavin-des-Champs
* Saint-Philippe
* Saint-Pierre
* Saint-Pierre-à-Gouy
* Saint-Pierre-Aigle
* Saint-Pierre-Brouck
* Saint-Pierre-de-Féric
* Saint-Pierre-es-Champs
* Saint-Pierre-le-Potier
* Saint-Pierre-lès-Bitry
* Saint-Pierre-lès-Calais
* Saint-Pierre-lès-Franqueville
* Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon
* Saint-Pierremont
* Saint-Pol-sur-Mer
* Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
* Saint-Python
* Saint-Quentin
* Saint-Quentin-des-Prés
* Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont
* Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bailly
* Saint-Quentin-sur-Allan
* Saint-Remi
* Saint-Rémy-au-Bois
* Saint-Rémy-Blanzy
* Saint-Remy-Chaussée
* Saint-Remy-du-Nord
* Saint-Remy-en-l’Eau
* Saint-Riquier
* Saint-Roch
* Saint-Roman-de-Bellet
* Saint-Samson-la-Poterie
* Saint-Saturnin
* Saint-Sauflieu
* Saint-Saulve
* Saint-Sauveur
* Saint-Serge
* Saint-Servan
* Saint-Seurin
* Saint-Sever
* Saint-Simon
* Saint-Simond
* Saint-Souplet
* Saint-Sulpice
* Saint-Sylvestre
* Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel
* Saint-Symphorien
* Saint-Thibaut
* Saint-Thomas
* Saint-Tricat
* Saint-Tronc
* Saint-Vaast-de-Longmont
* Saint-Vaast-en-Cambrésis
* Saint-Vaast-en-Chaussée
* Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello
* Saint-Valery
* Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
* Saint-Venant
* Saint-Victor
* Saint-Victor-sur-Loire
* Saint-Vincent
* Saint-Vivien
* Saint-Waast
* Sauqueuse-Saint-Lucien
* Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine
* Trith-Saint-Léger
* Ully-Saint-Georges
* Vallée Saint-Ladre
* Villers-Saint-Barthélemy
* Villers-Saint-Frambourg
* Villers-Saint-Genest
* Villers-Saint-Paul
* Villers-Saint-Sépulcre
* Villiers-Saint-Denis
- In toponyms of French Guiana:
* Saint-Élie
* Saint-Georges
* Saint-Jean-du-Maroni
* Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
- In Guadeloupean toponyms:
* Saint-Claude
* Saint-François
* Saint-Louis
- In Italian toponyms:
* Antey-Saint-André
* Challand-Saint-Anselme
* Challand-Saint-Victor
* Gressoney-Saint-Jean
* Pont-Saint-Martin
* Pré-Saint-Didier
* Rhêmes-Saint-Georges
* Saint-Christophe
* Saint-Denis
* Saint-Marcel
* Saint-Nicolas
* Saint-Oyen
* Saint-Pierre
* Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses
* Saint-Vincent
- In toponyms of Martinique:
* Fonds-Saint-Denis
* Saint-Esprit
* Saint-Joseph
* Saint-Pierre
- In toponyms of Réunion:
* Saint-André
* Saint-Benoît
* Saint-Denis
* Saint-Joseph
* Saint-Leu
* Saint-Louis
* Saint-Paul
* Saint-Philippe
* Saint-Pierre
- In Swiss toponyms:
* Bourg-Saint-Pierre
* Châtel-Saint-Denis
* Chézard-Saint-Martin
* Rueyres-Saint-Laurent
* Saint-Aubin
* Saint-Barthélemy
* Saint-Blaise
* Saint-Brais
* Saint-Cergue
* Saint-Cierges
* Saint-George
* Saint-Gingolph
* Saint-Imier
* Saint-Jean
* Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz
* Saint-Léonard
* Saint-Livres
* Saint-Luc
* Saint-Martin
* Saint-Maurice
* Saint-Oyens
* Saint-Prex
* Saint-Saphorin
* Saint-Sulpice
* Saint-Ursanne
* Villaz-Saint-Pierre

### Further reading

* “saint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* tians

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* sainnt (superseded)

### Etymology

From Old Irish sant, of uncertain origin; cognate with Manx saynt and Scottish Gaelic sannt. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *hwant (the source of Welsh chwant (“desire”)), from Proto-Celtic *swantos, provided the borrowing happened before *s became *h in Brythonic but after *ant became *ēdd in Goidelic, as the inherited Old Irish descendant of *swantos is sét (whence séad (“a valuable”) and seoid (“jewel”)). Against this hypothesis is the fact that Old Irish sét and Welsh chwant are masculine, while Old Irish sant and its descendants are feminine.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /sˠɑinʲtʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /sˠɪn̠ʲtʲ/

### Noun

saint f (genitive singular sainte)
* greed, avarice, covetousness
* great eagerness, desire

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
nominative
saint
vocative
a shaint
genitive
sainte
dative
saint
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative
an tsaint
genitive
na sainte
dative
leis an tsaint don tsaint :

#### Synonyms

* cíocras, gabhálacht (“avarice”)

#### Derived terms

* santach

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ “saint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sant”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 43

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sainnt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 588
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Noun

saint
* (Aȝenbite) Alternative form of seynt

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French saint, from Latin sanctus (“holy”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Adjective

saint m
* (Jersey) holy

### Noun

saint m (plural saints)
* (Jersey, religion) saint

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* sanct (rare)
* saent (rare)
* seint (common, chiefly Anglo-Norman)

### Etymology

Latin sanctus

### Noun

saint oblique singular, m (oblique plural sainz or saintz, nominative singular sainz or saintz, nominative plural saint)
* saint

#### Declension
### Adjective

saint m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sainte)
* holy
** c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:Conment hom devoit Dieu servir Por saint Paradix deservirHow man should serve God In order to deserve Heaven
* pious; devout

#### Descendants

* Middle French: sainct
** French: saint
* Norman: saint (Jersey)
* → Middle English: seynt (through confluence with Old English sanct)
** English: saint, Saint
** Middle Scots: Sanct, Sant, sanct, sant
*** Scots: sant, saunt
** Yola: Sankt, Sank, Saan

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sai̯nt/

### Noun

saint m pl (not mutable)
* plural of sant