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/

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• Rhymes: -ænz

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.

• (without): without, minus

sans (not comparable)

1. (typography) short for sans serif.

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

sans

1. plural of san

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/, /sɑ̃z‿/

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sans

1. without

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

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

• 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.