Siren
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Siren f
Hypernyms
- (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
- (genus): Siren lacertina - type species; Siren intermedia - only other extant species
References
- Siren (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Siren on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Siren on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
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
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
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
See Sirén.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsireːn/, [ˈs̠ire̞ːn]
- Rhymes: -ireːn
- Syllabification(key): Si‧ren
- Hyphenation(key): Si‧ren
Proper noun
Siren
- a Swedish surname from Swedish
Declension
| Inflection of Siren (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
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Statistics
- 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
Alternative forms
- Sīrēdonēs
- Sīrēna (Late Latin, prescriptive)
- Sērēna (Late Latin, proscribed)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsiː.reːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsiː.ren]
Noun
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
- Mainly used in the plural form Sīrēnēs (“Sirens”), Ancient Greek Σειρῆνες (Seirênes).
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sīrēn | Sīrēnēs |
| genitive | Sīrēnis | Sīrēnum |
| dative | Sīrēnī | Sīrēnibus |
| accusative | Sīrēnem | Sīrēnēs |
| ablative | Sīrēne | Sīrēnibus |
| vocative | Sīrēn | Sīrēnēs |
Derived terms
- Sīrēnaeus (“Siren-”)
- Sīrēnis, Sīrēnidis (“of the Sirens”)
- Sīrēnius (“of or pertaining to the Sirens, Siren-”)
Descendants
See also
- semipuella
References
- “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
- Siren in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.