Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Ellipsis of sans serif.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, not-comparable
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
plural of san
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prep
Without; lacking; especially with regard to something expected or with precedent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: defective, humorous, literary, often
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Synonyms: minus, without
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
