st C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /sənt/ UK /sənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun abbreviation for saint or street They met outside St Paul's at noon. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · abbreviation for saint or... saintstreet Word family Related forms saintstreet Etymology AI details An abbreviation: of 'saint' (from Latin 'sanctus', holy) or of 'street' (from Latin 'strata', paved road). Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # st **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /sənt/ **IPA (UK):** /sənt/ ## Meanings 1. abbreviation for saint or street ## Examples - They met outside St Paul's at noon. ## Synonyms - saint - street ## Related Forms - saint - street ## Etymology An abbreviation: of 'saint' (from Latin 'sanctus', holy) or of 'street' (from Latin 'strata', paved road). ## AI Etymology St is an abbreviation: of 'saint' (from Latin 'sanctus', holy) or of 'street' (from Latin 'strata', paved road). The quoted older senses, "saint", "sanctus", "street", and "strata", supply the semantic anchors for st. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word st carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "abbreviation for saint or street". Related English forms include saint and street. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown