sans

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.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sænz/, (uncommon outside French idioms) /sɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ænz
• Homophone: sands (some speakers)

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:

     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.

• (without): without, minus

sans (not comparable)

1. (typography) Short for sans serif.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sans

1. plural of san

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈsans]

sans

1. masculine plural of sa

sans

1. plural of san

sans

1. masculine plural of san

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.

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃/, (in liaison) /sɑ̃.z‿/

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• Homophones: cent, cents, sang, sangs, sens, sent
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

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.

• aller sans dire
• faire sans
• sans aucun doute
• sans que

• “sans”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

sans

1. Alternative form of saunz

From Old French senz.

sans

1. without

• French: sans

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

sans

1. (Jersey) without
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 520:

     I' n'y a pas de rue sàns but.

     There is no road without an ending.

• avec

From Latin sensus, via French sens.

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

1. sense

• sanselig
• sansemessig

• “sans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin sensus, via French sens.

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

1. sense

• sanseleg
• sansemessig

• “sans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

sans c

1. composure, sense

   tappa sansen

   lose one's composure

   komma till sans

   come to one's senses

• sansa

• sans in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sans in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sans in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)