sans

Etymology

From Middle English sans, borrowed from Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absēns (“absent, remote”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sænz/

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• Rhymes: -ænz

Preposition

sans

1. without; lacking
   • 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act v, scene 2 (First Folio ed.)

     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.

Adjective

sans (not comparable)

1. (typography) short for sans serif.

Anagrams

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

Noun

sans

1. plural of san

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/, /sɑ̃z‿/

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Preposition

sans

1. without

Further reading

• “sans” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Old French senz.

Preposition

sans

1. without

Etymology

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

Preposition

sans

1. (Jersey) without

Etymology

From Latin sensus, via French sens

Noun

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

1. sense

References

• “sans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin sensus, via French sens

Noun

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

1. sense

References

• “sans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.