different between sans vs nans

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English saunz, sans, borrowed from Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with abs?ns (“absent, remote”). Compare French sans, Italian senza, Portuguese sem, and Spanish sin.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sænz/, /s??/
• 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, ?o God helpe me law,
     My loue to thee is ?ound, ?ans cracke or flaw.
     Ro?a. Sans, ?ans, 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.

Synonyms

• (without): without, minus

Translations

Adjective

sans (not comparable)

1. (typography) Short for sans serif.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

sans

1. plural of san

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?sans/

Adjective

sans

1. masculine plural of sa

Noun

sans

1. 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): /s??/, /s??z?/
• Homophones: cent, cents, sang, sangs, sens, sent
• Rhymes: -??

Preposition

sans

1. without

Further reading

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

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.

English

Noun

nans

1. plural of nan

Anagrams

• ANNs, anns

Catalan

Adjective

nans

1. masculine plural of nan

Noun

nans

1. plural of nan

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of n? (“swim”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nans/, [nä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nans/, [n?ns]

Participle

n?ns (genitive nantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. swimming
2. floating

Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Noun

n?ns m (genitive nantis); third declension

1. a swimmer
2. (in the plural, with av?s) swimming fowl; geese, ducks

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).