sans

See also şans, and såns

English

WOTD – 31 May 2010    

Etymology

Middle English sans, borrowed from Old French sans, sens, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absēns (“absent, remote”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /sænz/, X-SAMPA: /s{nz/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ænz

Preposition

sans

1. Without, lacking.
   • 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act v, scene 2 (First Folio ed.)

     Ber. […] And to begin Wench, ſo God helpe me law,
     My loue to thee is ſound, ſans cracke or flaw.
     Roſa. Sans, ſans, I pray you.

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 766:

     Those with brooms started to sweep literally, at the feet of the crowd, driving it back into the side streets from which it had emerged to form this assembly – now riders sans steeds.

   • 1991, A. R. Morlan, The Amulet‎, page 212

     But regardless of when Wally had parked himself out in that backyard—sans coat or jacket—somehow, the old lady must have known where Wally would be before he drove out to the Isaacs trailer—or else she followed him out there from his house.

Synonyms

• (without): without, minus

Translations

without

• Czech: bez (cs), beze (cs)
• Dutch: zonder (nl)
• French: sans (fr), hormis (fr), à l'exclusion de (fr)
• Galician: sen (gl)
• Greek: χωρίς (el) (chorís), άνευ (el) (ánef)
• Hungarian: nélkül (hu)
• Italian: senza (it)

• Portuguese: sem (pt)
• Russian: без (ru) (bez)
• Spanish: sin (es)
• Swedish: utan (sv)

Adjective

sans (not comparable)

1. short for sans serif.

Anagrams

• assn, ass'n
• Nass

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Catalan

Noun

sans

1. Plural form of san

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French

Etymology

Old French sans, sens, from Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without". Near Cognates include Spanish sin, Portuguese sem, Italian senza, Catalan sens, sense

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɑ̃(z)/, X-SAMPA: /sA~(z)/

• audio

  (file)

Preposition

sans

1. without