Siren
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Siren f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sirenidae – sirens, species of salamander.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Amphibia – class; Lissamphibia - subclass; Caudata - order; Sirenoidea - suborder; Sirenidae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Siren lacertina - type species; Siren intermedia - only other extant species
References
[edit]- Siren (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Siren on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Siren on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The name was intended to be Syren, from Swedish syren (“lilac”), but this was "corrected" by the US Post Office to Siren, who thought the name applied for was a misspelling.
Proper noun
[edit]Siren
- A village, the county seat of Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding the village of the same name.
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See Sirén.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Siren
- a Swedish surname from Swedish
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Siren (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Siren | Sirenit | |
genitive | Sirenin | Sirenien | |
partitive | Sireniä | Sirenejä | |
illative | Sireniin | Sireneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Siren | Sirenit | |
accusative | nom. | Siren | Sirenit |
gen. | Sirenin | ||
genitive | Sirenin | Sirenien | |
partitive | Sireniä | Sirenejä | |
inessive | Sirenissä | Sireneissä | |
elative | Sirenistä | Sireneistä | |
illative | Sireniin | Sireneihin | |
adessive | Sirenillä | Sireneillä | |
ablative | Sireniltä | Sireneiltä | |
allative | Sirenille | Sireneille | |
essive | Sireninä | Sireneinä | |
translative | Sireniksi | Sireneiksi | |
abessive | Sirenittä | Sireneittä | |
instructive | — | Sirenein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Siren is the 1020th (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 848 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsiː.reːn/, [ˈs̠iːreːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ren/, [ˈsiːren]
Noun
[edit]Sīrēn f (genitive Sīrēnis); third declension
- (Greek mythology, mythology) a siren, one of the mythical birds with faces of virgins, that dwelt on the southern coast of Italy, where, with their sweet voices, they enticed ashore those who were sailing by, and then killed them.
- drone in a hive
- (Late Latin) mermaid, sea nymph
Usage notes
[edit]- Mainly used in the plural form Sīrēnēs (“Sirens”), Ancient Greek Σειρῆνες (Seirênes).
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Sīrēn | Sīrēnēs |
genitive | Sīrēnis | Sīrēnum |
dative | Sīrēnī | Sīrēnibus |
accusative | Sīrēnem | Sīrēnēs |
ablative | Sīrēne | Sīrēnibus |
vocative | Sīrēn | Sīrēnēs |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “Siren”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Siren”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “Siren”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
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