sino

Meaning

bell (percussive instrument)

Hyphenated as

si‧no

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsi.nu/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sino (“bell”), from Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”).
Cognate with Galician sino, Catalan seny and Romansch zain. Also related to French tocsin and English tocsin (both ultimately from Old Occitan senh (“bell”)). Doublet of senha, senho, and signo.

Sentences

Assim como o sino , é a batalha .

Just like the bell, it's the battle.

Onde há um sino , há uma briga .

Where there is a bell, there is a fight.

Cada sino não queima o granizo .

Each bell does not burn the hail.