sans

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See also: şans and såns

English

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Etymology 1

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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.

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sans

  1. (literary, now chiefly humorous) 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; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, [], [1880], →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], signature H3, recto, lines 414–416:
      Bero[wne]. [] And to begin Wench, ſo God helpe me law,
      My loue to thee is ſound, ſance cracke or flaw.
      Roſa[line]. Sans, ſans, I pray you.
    • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Qutet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, 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.
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Adjective

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sans (not comparable)

  1. (typography) Short for sans serif.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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sans

  1. plural of san

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Adjective

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sans

  1. masculine plural of sa

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sans

  1. plural of san

Cornish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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sans m (plural sens)

  1. saint

Adjective

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sans

  1. holy

Franco-Provençal

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Adjective

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sans

  1. masculine plural of san

French

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Etymology

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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.

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sans

  1. 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.

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Middle English

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sans

  1. Alternative form of saunz

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French senz.

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sans

  1. without

Descendants

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  • French: sans

Norman

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Etymology

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

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sans

  1. (Jersey) without
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[2], page 520:
      I' n'y a pas de rue sàns but.
      There is no road without an ending.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin sensus, via French sens.

Noun

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

  1. sense

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin sensus, via French sens.

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sans m (definite singular sansen, indefinite plural sansar, definite plural sansane)

  1. sense

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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sans c

  1. composure, sense
    tappa sansen
    lose one's composure
    komma till sans
    come to one's senses

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