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sans
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
- 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.
- Ber. […] And to begin Wench, ?o God helpe me law,
- 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.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act v, scene 2 (First Folio ed.)
Synonyms
- (without): without, minus
Translations
Adjective
sans (not comparable)
- (typography) Short for sans serif.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
sans
- 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
- 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): /s??/, /s??z?/
- Homophones: cent, cents, sang, sangs, sens, sent
- Rhymes: -??
Preposition
sans
- without
Further reading
- “sans” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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.
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ness
English
Etymology
From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English ness, næss, from Proto-Germanic *nasj? (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs. Related to nose.
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?s, IPA(key): /n?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Noun
ness (plural nesses)
- (geography) A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
- 1958: Eric Rücker Eddison, Zimiamvian Trilogy, volume 3: “The Mezentian Gate”, page 177 (Elek Bks.)
- Velvraz Sebarm stands upon the lake, among orange-trees and pomegranates and almonds and peaches of the south, a mile north-west over the water from Zayana town, and two miles by land: an old castle built of honey-coloured marble at the tip of a long sickle-shaped ness that sweeps round southwards, with wild gardens running down in the rocks to the water’s edge, and behind the castle a wood of holm-oaks making a wind-break against the north.
- 1958: Eric Rücker Eddison, Zimiamvian Trilogy, volume 3: “The Mezentian Gate”, page 177 (Elek Bks.)
Derived terms
- Little Ness
Translations
See also
- Nes
- Ness
- naze
References
- ness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- The Collins English Dictionary, Collins, London & Glasgow 1986
Anagrams
- ESNs, NSSE, SE SN, SNES, Sens, Sens., sens
Vilamovian
Etymology
Cognate with German Nässe
Noun
ness f (plural nessa)
- rainy weather
- wetness
Related terms
- nessa
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