"sane" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /seɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sane.wav Forms: saner [comparative], sanest [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”). Doublet of sound. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|sānus|t=healthy; sane}} Learned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”), {{dbt|en|sound}} Doublet of sound Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} sane (comparative saner, superlative sanest)
  1. Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally. Related terms (being healthy): sanity, mental health Translations (mentally healthy): σώφρων (sṓphrōn) (Ancient Greek), عَاقِل (ʕāqil) (Arabic), разумен (razumen) (Bulgarian), 神志正常 (shénzhì zhèngcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), 頭腦清楚 (Chinese Mandarin), 头脑清楚 (tóunǎo qīngchu) (Chinese Mandarin), 頭腦清晰 (Chinese Mandarin), 头脑清晰 (tóunǎo qīngxī) (Chinese Mandarin), příčetný (Czech), prudenta (Esperanto), terve (Finnish), järjissään [adverb] (Finnish), sain (French), vernünftig (German), σώφρων (sófron) (Greek), שָׁפוּי (shafúy) [masculine] (Hebrew), waras (Indonesian), sano (di mente) (Italian), tilregnelig (Norwegian), fornuftig (Norwegian), são [masculine] (Portuguese), [feminine] (Portuguese), sănătos [masculine] (Romanian), в своём уме́ (v svojóm umé) (Russian), в здра́вом уме́ (v zdrávom umé) (Russian), вменя́емый (vmenjájemyj) (Russian), здравомы́слящий (zdravomýsljaščij) (Russian), норма́льный (normálʹnyj) [colloquial] (Russian), cuerdo (Spanish), razini (Swahili), förnuftig (Swedish), קלאָר (klor) (Yiddish)
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  2. Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner. Synonyms (possessing mental faculties): in one's right mind, play with a full deck Related terms (possessing mental faculties): compos mentis, right-minded Translations (mentally sound; possessing a rational mind): σώφρων (sṓphrōn) (Ancient Greek), здравомислещ (zdravomislešt) (Bulgarian), 神志正常 (shénzhì zhèngcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), 頭腦清楚 (Chinese Mandarin), 头脑清楚 (tóunǎo qīngchu) (Chinese Mandarin), 頭腦清晰 (Chinese Mandarin), 头脑清晰 (tóunǎo qīngxī) (Chinese Mandarin), prudenta (Esperanto), racia (Esperanto), tervejärkinen (Finnish), sain d’esprit [masculine] (French), zurechnungsfähig (German), vernünftig (German), ragionevole (Italian), rozsądny [masculine] (Polish), rațional [masculine] (Romanian), здравомы́слящий (zdravomýsljaščij) (Russian), razini (Swahili)
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  3. Rational; reasonable; sensible.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sane, balanced, compos mentis, in possession of one's faculties, lucid, rational, reasonable, sound-minded Hypernyms: healthy Derived forms: sanely Related terms: nome sane (english: etymologically unrelated)

Inflected forms

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