FromMiddle Englishsaunz,sans, borrowed fromOld Frenchsans,senz,sens, fromLatinsine(“without”) conflated withabsēns(“absent, remote”). CompareFrenchsans,Italiansenza,Portuguesesem, andSpanishsin.
sans
- (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] forCut[h]bert Burby, published1598,→OCLC; republished asShakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles;no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […],[1880],→OCLC, [Act V, scene ii],signature H3, recto, lines414–416: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, published2004, page766: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 riderssans steeds.
1991, A. R. Morlan,The Amulet, page212: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 bebefore 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”, inNew 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 andsans beach.
2023 June 25, HarryBlank, “Transposthumousism”, inSCP Foundation[2], archived fromthe original on18 December 2024:The fella in question was still sitting at his table,sans everything above the neckerchief. There was blood everywhere, and brain matter, and bits of skull, and what looked like very expensive bone china.
sans (notcomparable)
- (typography)Short forsans serif.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
sans
- plural ofsan
sans
- masculineplural ofsa
sans
- plural ofsan
FromProto-Brythonic*sant. Cognate withWelshsant.
sans m (pluralsens)
- saint
sans
- holy
sans
- masculineplural ofsan
Inherited fromOld Frenchsans,senz,sens, fromLatinsine conflated withabsentia in the sense "without". Cognates includeSpanishsin,Portuguesesem,Italiansenza,Catalansens,sense.
sans
- without
Je ne veux pas partirsans toi.- I cannot leavewithout you.
Elle est partiesans parler à personne.- She leftwithout talking to anyone.
sans
- Alternative form ofsaunz
FromOld Frenchsenz.
sans
- without
FromOld Frenchsans,senz,sens, fromLatinsine conflated withabsentia in the sense "without".
sans
- (Jersey)without
1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, inGuernsey Folk Lore[3], page520:I' n'y a pas de ruesàns but.- There is no roadwithout an ending.
FromLatinsensus, viaFrenchsens.
sans m (definite singularsansen,indefinite pluralsanser,definite pluralsansene)
- sense
- “sans” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
FromLatinsensus, viaFrenchsens.
sans m (definite singularsansen,indefinite pluralsansar,definite pluralsansane)
- sense
- “sans” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
Borrowed fromFrenchsens, fromLatinsēnsus, fromsentīre.
sans c
- composure,sense
tappasansen- lose one'scomposure
komma tillsans- come toone's senses
