sans

English Online Dictionary. What means sans‎? What does sans mean?

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

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sænz/, (uncommon outside French idioms) /sɑ̃/
• Rhymes: -ænz
• Homophone: sands (some speakers)

Preposition

sans

1. (literary, now chiefly humorous) without, lacking

Synonyms

• (without): without, minus

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

sans (not comparable)

1. (typography) Short for sans serif.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sans

1. plural of san

Anagrams

• ANSs, Ass'n, Nass, SNAs, ass'n, ass'n., assn, assn.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsans]

Adjective

sans

1. masculine plural of sa

Noun

sans

1. plural of san

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *sant. Cognate with Welsh sant.

Noun

sans m (plural sens)

1. saint

Adjective

sans

1. holy

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

sans

1. masculine plural of san

French

Etymology

Inherited 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

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃/, (in liaison) /sɑ̃.z‿/
• Homophones: cent, cents, sang, sangs, sens, sent
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Preposition

sans

1. without

Derived terms

• aller sans dire
• faire sans
• sans aucun doute
• sans que

Further reading

• “sans”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Preposition

sans

1. Alternative form of saunz

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French senz.

Preposition

sans

1. without

Descendants

• French: sans

Norman

Etymology

From Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without".

Preposition

sans

1. (Jersey) without

Antonyms

• avec

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin sensus, via French sens.

Noun

sans m (definite singular sansen, indefinite plural sanser, definite plural sansene)

1. sense

Derived terms

• sanselig
• sansemessig

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)

1. sense

Derived terms

• sanseleg
• sansemessig

References

• “sans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sens, from Latin sēnsus, from sentīre.

Noun

sans c

1. composure, sense

Declension

Related terms

• sansa

References

• sans in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sans in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sans in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)