Saintes

See also: saintes

English

Etymology

From French Saintes.

Proper noun

Saintes

1. A city in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southeastern France, the former capital of the Saintonge province.
2. A French Catholic diocese named after the above, its see.
3. A French arrondissement named after the above, its capital.
4. (in the plural) A small French Caribbean island chain, the Îles des Saintes, in the Leeward Islands, a dependency of the department of Guadeloupe.

Related terms

• Santones pl

Translations

city in Charente-Maritime

• Dutch: Saintes n
• French: Saintes (fr)
• Latin: Mediōlānum Santōnum n

diocese

• Dutch: Saintes n
• French: Saintes (fr)
• Latin: Mediolanum

arrondissemente

• Dutch: Saintes n
• French: Saintes (fr)

island chain in Guadeloupe

• Antillean Creole: Sent f pl, Lésent f pl
• French: Saintes (fr) f pl
• Italian: Saintes pl
• Japanese: サント諸島 (Santo shotō)

Anagrams

• Eastins, Setians, Staines, entasis, nasties, sestina, tansies, tisanes

Dutch

Etymology

From French Saintes.

Proper noun

Saintes n

1. a city in the southeastern French département Charente-Maritime, the former capital of the Saintonge province
2. a French Catholic diocese named after the above, its see
3. a French arrondissement named after the above, its capital
4. (in the plural) a small French Caribbean island chain in the Leeward Islands, a dependency of Guadeloupe

Related terms

• Saintogne
• Santones pl

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃t/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Homophones: ceinte, ceintes, Cynthe, sainte, saintes

Etymology 1

From Middle French Xaintes, from Old French Xainctes, from Latin Santones, from Ancient Greek Σάντονες, Σάντονοι, Σάντωνες (Sántones, Sántonoi, Sántōnes), a Celtic tribe that lived in the region of Xainctonge and the settlement of Xainctes (now Saintes, France).

Proper noun

Saintes f

1. Saintes; A city in the southeastern French département Charente-Maritime, the former capital of the Saintonge province
2. Saintes; A French Catholic diocese named after the above, its see
3. Saintes; A French arrondissement named after the above, its capital

Alternative forms

(City in Saintonge):

• Xainctes
• Xaintes

Derived terms

(French city):

• Saintais m, Santon m
• saintais, santon (adjectives)

Related terms

• Saintonge
• Saintogne
• Santones pl

Descendants

• Dutch: Saintes
• English: Saintes

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of îles des Saintes., from the capitalization of saintes, from Spanish Los Santos, from being named after All Saints' Day by Christopher Columbus in 1493, after the recently past holy day of November 1st, before discovery on 4 November of that year.

The French feminine form "saintes" is related to the term "îles", which is feminine in French, whereas the original Spanish term "santos" is masculine, and related to the holiday "Día de Todos los Santos", which is also masculine.

Alternative forms

• Les Saintes
• les Saintes
• îles des Saintes

Proper noun

Saintes f (plural only)

1. (in the plural) Saintes; A small French Caribbean island chain in the Leeward Islands, a dependency of Guadeloupe

   Synonym: Îles des Saintes

Derived terms

(Island chain):

• Saintois m, Saintoise f
• saintois m, saintoise f

Descendants

• Dutch: Saintes
• English: Saintes

Anagrams

• sentais