senz
See also: senz'
Italian
Conjunction
senz
- Contraction of senza
Usage notes
- Used before a vowel e.g. "senz'altro"
Old French
Alternative forms
- sens, sans, san, saunce
Etymology
From Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sẽnts/
- (Later Old French) IPA(key): /sãn(t)s/
Conjunction
senz
- without
Descendants
- Middle English: saunz, sauns, sanz, sans, saunce, san, saun, sawnz, sauncz, sance
- English: sans
- Scots: sans (obsolete)
- Middle French: sans
- French: sans
- French: sans