sans
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English saunz, sans, borrowed from Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absēns (“absent, remote”). Compare French sans, Italian senza, Portuguese sem, and Spanish sin.
Pronunciation
Preposition
sans
- 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.
- Ber. […] And to begin Wench, ſo God helpe me law,
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 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.
- 2007 September 4, Natalie Angier, “A Supple Casing, Prone to Damage”, in New York Times[1]:
- Skin needs ultraviolet radiation to begin the synthesis of vitamin D, but dermatologists say you can probably get the necessary electromagnetic input from a mere 20 minutes of sun exposure a week, as you go about your daily affairs, sunblocked and sans beach.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act v, scene 2 (First Folio ed.)
Synonyms
Translations
Adjective
sans (not comparable)
- (typography) short for sans serif.
Etymology 2
Noun
sans
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Catalan
Adjective
sans
Noun
sans
French
Etymology
From Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without". Cognates include Spanish sin, Portuguese sem, Italian senza, Catalan sens, sense.
Pronunciation
Preposition
sans
Further reading
- “sans”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Preposition
sans
- Alternative form of saunz
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French senz.
Preposition
sans
Descendants
- French: sans
Norman
Etymology
From Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without".
Preposition
sans
Antonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin sensus, via French sens
Noun
sans m (definite singular sansen, indefinite plural sanser, definite plural sansene)
Derived terms
References
- “sans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin sensus, via French sens
Noun
sans m (definite singular sansen, indefinite plural sansar, definite plural sansane)
Derived terms
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- “sans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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