# señor
## English
### Alternative forms

* senor

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish señor. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seɪnˈjɔɹ/, /seɪnˈjoʊɹ/, /sinˈjɔɹ/, /sɛnˈjɔɹ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: se‧ñor

### Noun

señor (plural señores)
* A Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or an older man.

### Anagrams

* noser, renos, oners, Ernos, Rosen, Ornes, snore, seron, Ensor, Norse, neros, rosen, Roens, Neros, Rones

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* senhor (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese senhor, from Latin senior. Compare Portuguese senhor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈɲoɾ/ [s̺eˈɲoɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Hyphenation: se‧ñor

### Noun

señor m (plural señores, feminine señora, feminine plural señoras)
* elder, senior
* sir, mister
* lord, master, liege
* (capitalized, Catholicism) the Lord / God

#### Related terms

* Sr.

### Noun

señor f (plural señores)
* (archaic) lady, milady

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “señor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “señor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “señor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “señor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “señor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish señor (“señor”). Doublet of senior, senyur, and sinyo.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈsɛɲɔr/ [ˈsɛ.ɲɔr]
* Rhymes: -ɛɲɔr

### Noun

señor
* señor (a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr.)
    Synonym: senyur

### Further reading

* “señor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* Señor (used before a name)
* seor
* seó
* شَانُرْ (aljamiado)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sennor (“lord”), from Vulgar Latin *senjor (“master, elder, lord, nobleman”), from Latin seniōrem (“elder”), comparative form of senex (“old”). Doublet of sénior, borrowed from Latin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈɲoɾ/ [seˈɲoɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: se‧ñor

### Noun

señor m (plural señores, feminine señora, feminine plural señoras)
* mister, sir, lord (title conferred on a married or older male)
    Synonyms: Sr., Sr
* gentleman
    Synonym: caballero
* master
    Synonym: amo

#### Derived terms

* de padre y muy señor mío
* dueño y señor
* ruin señor cría ruin servidor
* señor de la guerra
* señor feudal
* señoreante
* señorear
* señoría
* señorial
* señoril
* señorío
* señorita
* señoritingo
* señoritismo
* señorito (diminutive)
* señoro
* señorón (augmentative)

### Adjective

señor (feminine señora, masculine plural señores, feminine plural señoras)
* (before a noun) great big; whopping
    dar un señor golpeGive a good big whack
* free
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

### Further reading

* “señor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* renos, rones

## Tagalog
### Noun

señór (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔)
* Alternative spelling of senyor