sans

¹ American  

[sanz, sahn] / sænz, sɑ̃ /

preposition

1. without.

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Sans. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Sanskrit.

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Sans. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Sanskrit

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sans ² British  

/ sænz /

preposition

1. an archaic word for without

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Etymology

Origin of sans

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French sans, earlier sens, seinz, a conflation of Latin sine “without” and absentiā “in the absence of” (ablative of absentia absence )

Example Sentences

The result was so compelling that the project was commissioned by A24 as a feature film sans script, then purchased from them by Rich Spirit and released last year as “Blknws: Terms & Conditions.”

From Los Angeles Times

Salon Food spoke with Chef Stephen Chavez, Senior Chef-Instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education’s Los Angeles campus, who offered his go-to tips on how to cook sans any chopped onions.

From Salon

Even the straight comedy sets, sans interactive therapy, were shot through with intimate admissions, albeit humorous ones.

From Los Angeles Times

Officers then tracked the owner down at Gate D1 where she was waiting to board her flight, sans pooch.

From Los Angeles Times

Your chaser is Alison McAlpine’s appealing, aptly titled “Perfectly a Strangeness,” sans humans, but starring three donkeys in an unnamed desert happening upon a cluster of hilltop observatories.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bare
• barren
• lacking
• vacant