sinner

See also: Sinner

English

Etymology

From Middle English synnere, equivalent to sin +‎ -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säänder (“sinner”), West Frisian sûnder (“sinner”), Dutch zondaar (“sinner”), German Low German Sünder, Sünner (“sinner”), German Sünder (“sinner”), Danish synder (“sinner”), Swedish syndare (“sinner”), Icelandic syndari (“sinner”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
• Homophone: center (pin–pen merger, nt-flapping)

Noun

sinner (plural sinners)

1. A person who sins or has sinned.

   Synonyms: criminal, evildoer, offender

   1. A person who, by one particular action, has sinned.
      • 2016, Janet Edmonds, The Bible Doesn’t Say That Homosexuality is a Sin:

        Some Christians believe the Bible tells us that homosexuals are sinners. The current trend of increased acceptance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community is distressing to these Christians who sincerely want to follow the Bible.

   2. (Christianity, doctrinal) An unregenerate person.
2. (figuratively, by extension) A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.
   1. One who lives a hedonist life; a self-indulgent person.

      Are you a sinner or a saint?

Hyponyms

• fasiq (one who has sinned by violating Islamic law)

Derived terms

• hate the sin but love the sinner
• love the sinner but hate the sin
• sinnerhood

 

Translations

person who has sinned

• Albanian: mëkatar (sq) m, mëkatare (sq) f
• Arabic: خَاطِئ m (ḵāṭiʔ), خَاطِئَة f (ḵāṭiʔa), آثِم (ar) (ʔāṯim), آثِمَة f (ʔāṯima), عَاصٍ m (ʕāṣin), عَاصِيَة f (ʕāṣiya)
• Armenian: մեղավոր (hy) (meġavor), մեղանչող (meġančʻoġ)
• Azerbaijani: günahkar (az)
• Belarusian: грэ́шнік m (hréšnik), грэ́шніца f (hréšnica)
• Bengali: পাপী (bn) (papi)
• Bulgarian: гре́шник (bg) m (gréšnik), гре́шница f (gréšnica)
• Catalan: pecador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 罪人 (zeoi⁶ jan⁴)

  Hakka: 罪人 (chhui-ngìn)

  Hokkien: 罪人 (zh-min-nan) (chōe-jîn)

  Mandarin: 罪人 (zh) (zuìrén)

  Northern Min: 罪人 (cò-nêng)

• Czech: hříšník (cs) m, hříšnice (cs) f
• Dalmatian: pecataur m, pecaudur m
• Danish: synder c
• Dutch: zondaar (nl) m, zondares (nl) f
• Esperanto: pekanto
• Estonian: patune, patustaja
• Finnish: syntinen (fi)
• French: pécheur (fr) m, pécheresse (fr) f

  Old French: pecheor m

• Friulian: pecjadôr m
• Georgian: ცოდვილი (codvili)
• German: Sünder (de) m, Sünderin (de) f
• Greek: αμαρτωλός (el) m (amartolós)

  Ancient: ἁμαρτωλός m (hamartōlós)

• Greenlandic: ajortilik
• Haitian Creole: pechè
• Hebrew: חוֹטֵא m (khoté), חוטאת f (khotét)
• Hindi: पापी (hi) m (pāpī), गुनहगार (hi) m (gunahgār)
• Hungarian: bűnös (hu)
• Icelandic: syndari m
• Irish: peacach m

  Old Irish: peccad m

• Italian: peccatore (it) m, peccatrice (it) f
• Japanese: 罪人 (ja) (ざいにん, zainin, つみびと, tsumibito)
• Kaqchikel: ajmak
• Kazakh: күнәһар (künähar)
• Khmer: អ្នកបាប (nĕək baap), កំបាប (km) (kɑmbaap)
• Korean: 죄인(罪人) (ko) (joein)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gunehkar (ku) m or f

• Kyrgyz: күнөөкөр (künöökör)
• Lao: ຄົນບາບ (khon bāp)
• Latin: peccātor m, peccans m
• Latvian: grēcinieks m, grēciniece f
• Lezgi: гунагькар (gunahkar)
• Lithuanian: nusidėjėlis m, nusidėjėlė f
• Macedonian: грешник m (grešnik), грешница f (grešnica)
• Malay: orang berdosa
• Manx: peccah m
• Maori: kaihara
• Marathi: पापी m (pāpī), पापकर्मी m (pāpkarmī)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: нүгэлтэн (mn) (nügelten)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: synder (no) m

  Nynorsk: syndar m

• Occitan: pecador (oc) m, pecaire (oc)

  Old Occitan: peccador

• Old English: synful
• Ottoman Turkish: كناهكار (günahkar)
• Pashto: ګنهګار m (gwǝnahgār), پاپي (ps) m (pāpi), عاصي m ('āsi)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: گُناهْکار (fa) (gonâhkâr), عاصی (fa) (âsi)

• Polish: grzesznik (pl) m, grzesznica (pl) f
• Portuguese: pecador (pt) m, pecadora (pt) f
• Romanian: păcătos (ro) m, păcătoasă f
• Russian: гре́шник (ru) m (gréšnik), гре́шница (ru) f (gréšnica)
• Sardinian: pecadore m, pecadori
• Scottish Gaelic: peacach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гре̏шнӣк m, ^{(please verify)} грје̏шнӣк m, гре̏шница f, ^{(please verify)} грје̏шница f

  Roman: grȅšnīk (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} grjȅšnīk m , grȅšnica (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} grjȅšnica f

• Sicilian: piccaturi m
• Slovak: hriešnik m, hriešnica f
• Slovene: grešnik (sl) m, grešnica f
• Spanish: pecador (es) m, pecadora (es) f
• Swahili: mwenye dhambi class 1/2
• Swedish: syndare (sv) c
• Tagalog: makasalanan
• Tajik: гунаҳкор (gunahkor), хатокор (xatokor)
• Tatar: гөнаһкәр (gönahkär)
• Telugu: దోషకారి (te) (dōṣakāri)
• Thai: คนบาป (kon-bàap)
• Turkish: günahkâr (tr)
• Turkmen: günäkär
• Ukrainian: грі́шник m (hríšnyk), грі́шниця f (hríšnycja)
• Urdu: گُناہ گار m (gunāh gār), پاپی m (pāpī), عاصی m ('āsī)
• Uyghur: گۇناھكار (gunahkar)
• Uzbek: gunohkor (uz)
• Venetan: pecador m
• Vietnamese: tội nhân (vi) (罪人), người có tội, người phạm tội
• Volapük: (♂♀) sinan (vo), (♂) hisinan, (♀) jisinan (vo)
• Welsh: pechadur m

(figuratively, by extension) A person with negative qualities

• Maori: whiro

Anagrams

• inners, niners, renins

Norman

Etymology

From Latin signō, signāre, from signum (“mark, sign”).

Verb

sinner

1. (Jersey) to sign