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
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /sænz/, /sɑ̃/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ænz
Preposition
sans
- without; lacking
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, OCLC 61366361; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], OCLC 1154977408, [Act V, scene ii]:
- 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), 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:
- 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.
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Synonyms
- (without): without, minus
Translations
Adjective
sans (not comparable)
- (typography) Short for sans serif.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
sans
- plural of san
Anagrams
- ANSs, Ass'n, Nass, SNAs, ass'n, ass'n., assn, assn.
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈsans/
Adjective
sans
- masculine plural of sa
Noun
sans
- plural of san
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
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃/, (in liaison) /sɑ̃.z‿/
audio (file) - Homophones: cent, cents, sang, sangs, sens, sent
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃
Preposition
sans
- without
- Je ne veux pas partir sans toi.
- I cannot leave without you.
- Elle est partie sans parler à personne.
- She left without talking to anyone.
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
- Alternative form of saunz
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French senz.
Preposition
sans
- without
Descendants
- French: sans
Norman
Etymology
From Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without".
Preposition
sans
- (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)
- 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)
- sense
Derived terms
- sanseleg
- sansemessig
References
- “sans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
sans c
- composure, sense
- tappa sansen
- lose one's composure
- komma till sans
- come to one's senses
Declension
Declension of sans | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | sans | sansen | — | — |
Genitive | sanss | sansens | — | — |
Related terms
- sansa
References
- sans in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sans in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sans in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)