different between transgressor vs sinner

English

Alternative forms

• transgressour (obsolete)

Etymology

transgress +? -or

Noun

transgressor (plural transgressors)

1. Someone who transgresses.

Related terms

• transgression
• transgressive

Translations

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /trans??res.sor/, [t??ä??s???r?s???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /trans??res.sor/, [t???ns??r?s??r]

Noun

tr?nsgressor m (genitive tr?nsgress?ris); third declension

1. transgressor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: transgressor
• French: transgresseur
• Galician: transgresor
• Italian: trasgressore
• Portuguese: transgressor
• Spanish: transgresor

References

• transgressor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• transgressor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsgressor.

Noun

transgressor m (plural transgressores)

1. offender; transgressor (a person who commits an offence)

Adjective

transgressor m (feminine singular transgressora, masculine plural transgressores, feminine plural transgressoras, comparable)

1. transgressing (acting in violation of a rule)

Related terms

• transgredir

Further reading

• “transgressor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

English

Etymology

From Middle English synnere, sene?ere, from Old English *syn?ere, *synnere, from Proto-Germanic *sund?rijaz (“sinner”), equivalent to sin +? -er. Cognate with 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): /?s?n?/
• Rhymes: -?n?(?)
• Homophone: center (pin-pen merger)

Noun

sinner (plural sinners)

1. A person who sins or has sinned.

   Synonyms: criminal, evildoer, offender

2. A person who sins or has sinned by the action or identity indicated or previously mentioned
3. (theology) An unregenerate person.
4. (figuratively, by extension) A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.

   Are you a sinner or a saint?

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

• sinnerhood

Translations

Anagrams

• inners, niners, renins

Norman

Etymology

From Latin sign?, sign?re, from signum (“mark, sign”).

Verb

sinner

1. (Jersey) to sign