# sans
## English
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /sænz/, (uncommon outside French idioms) /sɑ̃/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ænz
* Homophone: sands (some speakers)

#### Preposition

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] 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.
** 2023 June 25, HarryBlank, “Transposthumousism”, in SCP Foundation‎, archived from the original on 18 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.

##### Synonyms

* (without): without, minus

##### Related terms

* belle dame sans merci
* retour sans protêt
* sans-culotte
* sans-culotterie
* sans-culottic
* sans-culottide
* sans-culottish
* sans-culottism
* sans-culottist
* sans doute
* sans égal
* sans gêne
* sans nombre
* sans rival
* sans-serif
* sans-souci

##### Translations
#### Adjective

sans (not comparable)
* (typography) Short for sans serif.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

sans
* plural of san

### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsans]

### Adjective

sans
* masculine plural of sa

### Noun

sans
* plural of san

## Cornish
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *sant. Cognate with Welsh sant.

### Noun

sans m (plural sens)
* saint

### Adjective

sans
* holy

## Franco-Provençal
### Adjective

sans
* masculine plural of san

## French
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɑ̃/, (in liaison) /sɑ̃.z‿/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: cent, cents, sang, sangs, sens, sent
* Rhymes: -ɑ̃

### Preposition

sans
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* aller sans dire
* faire sans
* sans aucun doute
* sans que

### Further reading

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

## 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
** 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.

#### 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.

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

sans c
* composure, sense
    tappa sansenlose one's composure
    komma till sanscome to one's senses

#### Related terms

* sansa

### References

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