"-san" meaning in English

See -san in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Japanese さん (san). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|さん}} さん (san) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -san, {{en-suffix}} -san
  1. Honorific ending used to indicate a person is Japanese or talking with Japanese, or treated like Japanese. Tags: morpheme Related terms: Japayuki-san, karayuki-san, mama-san, onee-san Translations (Japanese honorific ending): -san (French), さん (-san) (Japanese), (sang) (Korean), -сан (-san) [feminine, masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en--san-en-suffix-pD6sWv2Y Categories (other): Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

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