senza

See also: sénza

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sent-der.

Proto-Italic *sentiō

Latin sentiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin sēnsus

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiō

Late Latin sensatio

French sensation

German Sensationbor.

Czech senzace

Proto-Indo-European *-nisder.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-nisder.

Proto-Slavic *-nь

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is

Proto-Slavic *-ь

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jas

Proto-Slavic *-jь

Proto-Slavic *-ьje

Proto-Slavic *-nьje

Czech -ní

Czech senzačníclip.

Czech senza

Clipping of senzační.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛnza]

Adjective

senza (indeclinable)

1. (informal) cool, super, great

   Synonym: bezva

Interjection

senza

1. great

Further reading

• “senza”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Italian

Alternative forms

• sanza

Etymology

From Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absentia (“without, in the absence of”). Compare French sans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntsa
• Hyphenation: sèn‧za

Conjunction

senza

1. without

Preposition

senza

1. without, -less

Usage notes

Usually followed by di before pronouns:

Iniziate pure senza di me. ― Start without me.

Adjective

senza (invariable)

1. (rowing) coxless

   Antonym: con

Derived terms

• senz'altro
• senza precedenti
• senza sordini
• senza sordino
• senza tempo
• senzatetto

Descendants

• → Italiot Greek: σέντζα (séntza)

References

• “senza”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• sanze