sans

Meaning

Prep

Without; lacking.

Adj

Ellipsis of sans serif.

Noun

plural of san

san

An Ancient Greek letter representing /s/ (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ), originally used in some dialects instead of sigma.

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Synonyms

without

except

lacking

absent

sine

barren of

minus

Translations

sin

ohne

sans

zonder

άνευ

χωρίς

sem

senza

à l'exclusion de

los

bê

سانس

بِلَا

hormis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sænz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: saunz

Cognate with French: sans

Cognate with Italian: senza

Cognate with Portuguese: sem

Cognate with Spanish: sin

In summary

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.