sans
pronunciation
How to pronounce sans in British English:
UK [sænz]
How to pronounce sans in American English:
US [sænz, sɑŋ]
Word Origin
- sans (adv.)
- early 14c., from French sans, Old French sen, sens (with adverbial genitive) "without, except, apart, not counting," cognate with Provençal senes, Old Catalan senes, Old Spanish sen (Spanish sin), Old Italian sen, from Vulgar Latin *sene, from Latin sine "without," enlarged form of sed, se "without," from PIE root *sen(e)- "apart, separated" (see sunder). In reference to fonts, 1927, short for sans-serif.
Example
- 1. The sans culottes of science are on the march .
- 2. Stay in the theme with simple sans serif typefaces that have plenty of variations and weights .
- 3. Now create the menu by using a sans serif font like helvetica or tahoma .
- 4. Sans wine , sans song , sans singer , and -- sans end !
- 5. He is now getting psychological treatment for trauma from the french aid organization medicins sans frontieres .