# senyor
## English
### Etymology

From Catalan senyor. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, signore, sir, and sire.

### Noun

senyor (plural senyors)
* A Catalan-speaking gentleman.
** 1996, Jacqueline Waldren, “The Realities of Paradise”, in Insiders and Outsiders: Paradise and Reality in Mallorca (New Directions in Anthropology; 3), New York, N.Y.; Oxford, Oxfordshire: Berghahn Books, published 2006, →ISBN, pages 26–27:Their relationship was much like that of the patron-client relationships of the senyors and tenants of the past except that, since these senyors had no children, the Deianenc family would be the heirs to the estate they worked.
** 2006, Mercè Rodoreda, translated by Josep Miquel Sobrer, “The Servants in Summer”, in A Broken Mirror, London: Daunt Books, →ISBN, part 1, page 104:She did not mind the servants gossiping behind the senyors’ backs but did not encourage them.
** 2015, Care Santos, translated by Julie Wark, “Act II: Cocoa, Sugar and Cinnamon”, in Desire for Chocolate, Richmond, London: Alma Books, →ISBN, page 161:Afterwards, the senyors opened the doors of their home in Carrer de la Princesa, and all the crème de la crème of Barcelona came to snoop, pay their respects to the happy couple and, while they were there, have a look at the little heiress, who might not be so pretty but she was very rich.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan senyor, from Latin seniōrem (literally “elder”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [səˈɲo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [seˈɲoɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

### Noun

senyor m (plural senyors, feminine senyora)
* lord, master
* owner, proprietor
* mister; sir; My Lord

#### Derived terms

* Nostre Senyor
* senyorada
* senyoralla
* senyorejar
* senyoret
* senyorívol

#### Related terms

* senyora
* senyoratge
* senyoreta
* senyoria
* senyorial

### References

* “senyor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish señor, from Old Spanish sennor, from Latin senior, seniōrem (“elder”), comparative form of senex (“old”).

### Noun

senyor
* (archaic) the master of a household
* (archaic) an address to one's male employer
* (sarcastic) an address to a lazy boy or man, especially one's son. (see usage notes)

#### Usage notes

* Used to catch the boy or man's attention.

## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* señor (Haketia), sinyó, sinyor

### Etymology

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

### Noun

senyor m (Hebrew spelling סינייור, feminine senyora)
* mister; sir; lord (title conferred on a married or older male)
    Synonym: amo
    Ey senyor, voy a esnoga.Hi mister, I’m going to the synagogue.
* master (keeper of the house)
    Synonyms: amo, balabay, duenyo

#### Related terms

* senyora
* senyorante
* senyorear
* senyorina
* senyorita
* senyoría
* senyorío
* senyorón

### References

* ↑ “senyor”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* señor
* sinyor
* niyor, nyor — archaic, clipping
* sinyol — obsolete

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish señor, from Old Spanish sennor (“lord”), from Vulgar Latin *senjor (“master, elder, lord, nobleman”), from Latin seniōrem (“elder”). Doublet of ser.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /senˈjoɾ/ [sɛˈɲoɾ]
** IPA: (no yod coalescence) /senˈjoɾ/ [sɛn̪ˈjoɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: sen‧yor

### Noun

senyór (feminine senyora, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔)
* (archaic) mister; sir
    Synonym: ginoo
* (archaic) lord; master
    Synonyms: panginoon, amo
* (archaic) gentleman
    Synonyms: ginoo, maginoo, don
* (derogatory, colloquial) false gentleman

#### Related terms

* mamsir
* monsenyor
* senyorita
* senyorito
* ser
* sinyuldiya

### Further reading

* “senyor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018