senz

See also: senz'

Italian

Conjunction

senz

Contraction of senza

Usage notes

Used before a vowel e.g. "senz'altro"

Old French

Alternative forms

sens, sans, san, saunce

Etymology

From Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sẽnts/
(Later Old French) IPA^(key): /sãn(t)s/

Conjunction

senz

without

Descendants

Middle English: saunz, sauns, sanz, sans, saunce, san, saun, sawnz, sauncz, sance
- English: sans
- Scots: sans (obsolete)
Middle French: sans
- French: sans
- French: sans

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