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Definition: SANS |
SANSPreposition1. Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English word. |
"SANS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "holy", "to be like a saint". |
Date "SANS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SANS | English | Small-angle neutron scattering | Physics |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "SANS."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absence | Adverb: without, minus, nowhere; elsewhere; neither here nor there; in default of; sans; behind one's back. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SANS |
| English words defined with "SANS": sans serif. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SANS": Accidente! ♦ Bidouilleurs Sans Argent, BSA ♦ Cat Proverbs ♦ Flower of Chivalry ♦ Hand over Hand ♦ indorsement sans recours ♦ Medecins sans Frontières, Mouchard ♦ Oil the Knocker ♦ Sans Culottes, Sans Culottides, Sans Peur et Sans Reproche, Sans Souci, self drive car ♦ Yvetot. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "SANS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (sense), French (without), Haitian Creole (way), Swedish (composure, sense, senses). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face ("EYES WITHOUT A FACE"; performing artist: Billy Idol) Partir sans un seul regret ("I Will Love Again"; performing artist: Lara Fabian) | |
Movie/TV Titles | La Chatte sans pudeur (1974) Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1972) Pas de jeu sans soleil (1972) Sans sommation (1972) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | La Chirurgie sans Chirurgien / Ch. Philipon.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | On nous accuse sans cesse de tuer nos malades : Je ne vois pas quel intérêt nous aurions ça / A. Grevin. Yves & Barret sc.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Soyer sans inquietude, Monsieur,... / J. Grandville Lith de Langlumé.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Parlez moi d'ca....queri sans rien payer d'avance! / Litho. de Benard.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Sans douleur / [Adolphe E.G. Roehn] Lith. G. Engelman.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Bien des personnes disent sans doute: ce sont des charlatans... / F.C. chez. Aubert, galerie vero dodat. Lith. de Benard.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Non Sans Douleurs : C'est la moins gatee. / [Edouard Guillaumin].Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Jamais L'Un Sans L'Autre.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Les femmes enceintes ou en période d'allaitement ne doivent jamais prendre de médicaments sans avis médical.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Ne consommez pas différents médicaments la fois sans avis médical.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
William Shakespeare | And I did laugh sans intermission an hour by his dial. O noble fool, a worthy fool -- motley's the only wear. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Children | Afghanistan | The infant mortality rate was 250 out of 1,000 births; Medecins Sans Frontieres reported in 2000 that 250,000 children per year die of malnutrition. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Gambia | The GPU, Reporters sans Frontieres (RSF), and the International Press Institute (IPI) criticized the arrests of Christensen and Gaye. (references) |
Vietnam | The NGO, Reporters Sans Frontieres lists the country as 1 of 58 "enemies of the Internet." The Government permitted a more open flow of information within the country and into the country from abroad, including the university system than in previous years. (references) | |
Human Rights | Somalia | On March 27, militiamen loyal to warlord Muse Sude attacked the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) compound and held nine U.N. and MSF aid officials hostage. (references) |
Sri Lanka | However, a survey completed by Medecins Sans Frontieres in 1999 found malnutrition levels in the war-affected areas at about the same level as in the war-free south of the country. (references) | |
Syria | The French free press organization Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres--RSF) claimed that the Government harassed and intimidated members of Nayyuf's family following the issuance of the summons. (references) | |
Political Economy | Tunisia | While permitting some representatives from human rights organizations to enter the country and attend trials, the Government prohibited others from entering and deported the Secretary-General of the NGO Reporters without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres-RSF). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SANS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 74.29% of the time. "SANS" is used about 105 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 74.29% | 78 | 37,656 |
| Noun (proper) | 24.76% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.95% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 105 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "SANS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sans | Last name | 300 | 29,714 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "SANS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "holy", "to be like a saint". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "SANS." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Sans | Male | N/A | Sancho |
| Santo | Male | Italian | N/A |
| Sancha | Female | Spanish | Sancho |
| Sanchia | Female | Spanish | Sancho |
| Sancho | Male | Spanish | Santo |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "SANS": Bidouilleurs Sans Argent ♦ cela va sans dire ♦ faire sans dire ♦ indorsement sans recours ♦ Medecins sans Frontières ♦ sans alcohol ♦ sans ceremonie ♦ sans culot ♦ sans Dieu rien ♦ sans fa_on ♦ sans facon ♦ sans pareil ♦ sans peur et sans reproche ♦ sans serif ♦ sans souci ♦ s'embarquer sans biscuits ♦ verite sans peur. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "SANS": Sans-amp, Sans-culotte, sans-culottes, Sans-culottic, Sans-culottism, sans-papiers, Sans-souci. | |
Ending with "SANS": Mama-sans. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sans | 276 |
pression sans | 206 |
sans souci | 110 |
lyrics pression sans | 97 |
fil sans | 79 |
fil kit sans | 37 |
aliment antibiotique sans | 35 |
fils kit sans | 35 |
gill sans | 34 |
sans institute | 31 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SANS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pa (less, minus, wanting, without). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | без (but for, less, minus, out of, wanting). (various references) | |
Czech | bez (elder, minus, past, without). (various references) | |
Danish | sanserif (doric, gothic, grotesque, sans serif, sanserif), grotesk (doric, gothic, grotesque, sans serif, sanserif), endossement sine obligo (indorsement sans recours, indorsement without recourse, qualified indorsement). (various references) | |
Dutch | schreefloos (sans-serif), Artsen zonder grenzen (Medecins sans Frontières). (various references) | |
Finnish | Lääkärit ilman rajoja (Medecins sans Frontières). (various references) | |
French | MÉDECINS SANS FRONTI?RES;MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières-Doctors Without Frontiers;MSF), Médecins sans Frontières (Medecins sans Frontières), Caractère sans empattements. (sans-serif), caractère antique (sans serif, sanserif, sans-serif), antique (sans serif, sanserif). (various references) | |
German | MSF (Medecins sans Frontières), Médecins Sans Frontières-Ärzte Ohne Grenze;MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières-Doctors Without Frontiers;MSF), Médecins sans Frontières (Medecins sans Frontières), Grotesk-Schrift (doric, gothic, grotesque, sans serif, sanserif). (various references) | |
Greek | χωρίσ (barren of, without), άνευ (devoid of, without). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nélkül (in the extreme, minus, scot-free, sine, there is no fire without smoke, wanting, without). (various references) | |
Italian | MSF (Medecins sans Frontières), Médecins Sans Frontières-Medici Senza Frontiere;MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières-Doctors Without Frontiers;MSF), Médecins sans Frontières (Medecins sans Frontières). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | サロン的 (exclusive, sanction, sanctuary, Sangerism, sangria, sans couture, seamless, social, sour, sour cream, Sun, sunglasses, Sunkist, suntan oil, thank you, Thanksgiving Day), サンケア指数 (belt, carefree, Saint-Simonism, San Diego, sand, sandal, sandwich, sandwich man, Sankei Sports, Sanskrit, sans-souci, Santa Clara, Santa Claus, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santa Maria, soundtrack, sun deck, sun protection index, sundae, sunset, sunshade, sunshine, suntan, suntan oil, Suntory, Suntory Hall, syndicalism, syndicalist, thunder, thunderbird). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | サンスーシ (carefree, sans-souci), サンクチュール (sans couture, seamless). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anssay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Médicos sem Fronteiras (Medecins sans Frontières). (various references) | |
Russian | без (but for, less, through no, with no, without). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bez (devoid, out of, unbeknownst, with no, without). (various references) | |
Spanish | Médicos sin fronteras (Medecins sans Frontières), Médecins Sans Frontières-Médicos Sin Fronteras;MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières-Doctors Without Frontiers;MSF). (various references) | |
Swedish | utan (but, ex, free from, out of, outside, wanting, whithout, without). (various references) | |
Turkish | -siz (devoid of, ex, guiltless, in-, innocent of, lacking, non-, out of, sine, un-, void of, wanting, with no, without), içermeyen (less, not including, quit). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SANS": sansar, sansars, sansculotte, sansculottes, sansculottic, sansculottish, sansculottism, sansculottisms, sansei, sanseis, sanserif, sanserifs, sansevieria, sansevierias. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "SANS": artisans, bartisans, chitosans, courtesans, diocesans, gossans, hexosans, medusans, messans, nonpartisans, paesans, paisans, partisans, pentosans, ptisans, salvarsans, zymosans. (additional references) | |
Words containing "SANS": artisanship, artisanships, bipartisanship, bipartisanships, nonpartisanship, nonpartisanships, partisanship, partisanships. (additional references) | |
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"SANS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gs-ana, gs-anas, Msans, saana, Saens, sahs, sains, sams, sana, sanc, sanes, Sangs, Sanh, sani, sanisko, sann, sannu, sano, sanos, sant, sanus, sany, sanz, sanza, Sanzo, sarns, saus, senq, sensh, sensu, senz, shanz, sians, sinst, snaa, snaz, Soanes, sqan, stans, syns, zanas, zanq, zans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SANS" (pronounced sa"nz) |
| 3 | -a" n z | bans, cans, clans, fans, Japans, Mans, minivans, pans, pecans, plans, scans, sedans, spans, tans, trans, vans. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-s-s" | |
-1 letter: ass. | |
-2 letters: an, as, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-s-s" | |
+1 letter: sains, sands, sanes, sasin, scans, sensa, snags, snaps, snash, snaws, spans, swans. | |
+2 letters: angsts, anises, anuses, arsons, asanas, aspens, assent, assign, basins, cansos, gossan, hansas, hanses, manses, masons, mensas, messan, nasals, sabins, saints, salons, sanest, sangas, sanghs, sanies, sansar, sansei, santos, sarans, sarins, sarsen, sasins, satins, saunas, savins, scants, scenas, season, sedans, sennas, sewans, shanks, sharns, shnaps, skeans, slangs, slants, snacks, snafus, snails, snakes, snares, snarks, snarls, snaths, sneaks, sneaps, solans, sonars, sowans, spanks, spawns, speans, stains, stands, stanes, stangs, stanks, sunnas, swains, swanks, syngas, unsays, usneas. | |
+3 letters: absents, ancress, ankuses, anlases, answers, aptness, arshins, arsines, ascends, ascents, ashcans, askings, assents, assigns, avenses, awnless, badness, basions, bassoon, bonsais, caisson, canvass, caseins, caserns, casings, casinos, cassino, damsons, desands, desmans, dynasts, encases, entases, entasis, farness, fastens, fatness, fusains, gascons, gaskins, gassing, gayness, gnashes, gossans, hansels, hansoms, harness, hastens, hausens, hessian, incases, inseams, inspans, instals, instars, isatins, islands, issuant, jasmins, jessant, kamsins, kinases, lashins, laxness, madness, manless, mascons, massing, messans, messman, nanisms, napless, nasions, nasties, nauseas, paesans, paisans, pansies, parsons, passant, passing, passion, patness, pissant, ptisans, quassin, raisins, ramsons, ransoms, rawness, reasons, sabines, saddens, sadness, saimins, salinas, salines, salmons, saloons, samisen, sampans, sandals, sanders, sandhis, sangars, sangers, sanious, sanjaks, sannops, sannups, sansars, sanseis, santims, santirs, santols, santurs, sapiens, sarongs, sarsens, sashing, sassing, satangs, sateens, savants, savines, savings, sawneys, sayings, schnaps, seances, seasons, seawans, secants, senates, sendals, senecas, senegas, senoras, sensate, sensual, sestina, sextans, shairns, shamans, shantis, shorans, siennas, signals, silanes, silvans, simians, skeanes, slogans, snarers, snashes, snathes, solands, solanos, soldans, sonants, sonatas, soudans, sovrans, spavins, spinals, sponsal, sprains, sprangs, stamens, stances, stanzas, strains, strands, suasion, suldans, sultans, sundaes, sunfast, sunnahs, suntans, sustain, sylvans, synapse, tanists, tansies, tisanes, uncases, uneases, unmasks, unseals, unseams, unseats, unsnaps, usances, vinasse, waeness, wanness, weasons, wessand. | |
+4 letters: abscisin, absconds, absences, absinths, abstains, achiness, acidness, acrasins, adenoses, adenosis, adonises, agedness, ageneses, agenesis, agnosias, agonises, agonists, ainsells, airiness, amassing, amnesias, amnesics, anabases, anabasis, analyses, analysis, analysts, anapests, anatases, anchusas, anemoses, anemosis, anestrus, animisms, animists, animuses, aniseeds, anisoles, ankushes, anopsias, anosmias, anserous, antheses, anthesis, antiboss, antsiest, anureses, anuresis, archness, arcsines, aridness, arsenals, arsenics, arsenous, arsonist, arsonous, artiness, artisans, ashiness, aspirins, assassin, assaying, assented, assenter, assentor, assignat, assigned, assignee, assigner, assignor, assonant, assuming, assuring, astonies, astonish, astounds, avidness, awayness, baldness, banishes, banksias, banshees, banshies, bareness, baroness, baseness, basenjis, basinets, bassinet, bassness, bassoons, bastings, bastions, biasness, biassing, bisnagas, brassing, caginess, caissons, calmness, canastas, canoness, canvases, capstans, casernes, cassinos, castings, chansons, chasings, chastens, chessman, cineasts, classing, cleanses, coarsens, cyanoses, cyanosis, cycasins, daftness, dampness, dankness, danseurs, danseuse, dapsones, darkness, darshans, dasheens, deadness, deafness, dearness, descants, destains, disbands, discants, disdains, dishpans, distains, drabness, dustpans, dyspneas, earnests, easiness, eastings, elastins, encashes, enchases, enclasps, enolases, enslaves, ensnares, ensnarls, entasias, erasions, essaying, etesians, evasions, expanses, fairness, fangless, fantasms, fantasts, fascines, fashions, fastings, fastness, flatness, fustians, gainless, gainsays, gameness, gaminess, gaskings, gassings, gastness, gastrins, giantess, gladness, glasnost, glassine, glassing, glassman, glassmen, glossina, grassing, grayness, guanases, gymnasts, haleness, halfness, handless, handsaws, handsels, handsets, hardness, harshens, hassling, haziness, hessians, hexosans, hoarsens, hosannas, husbands, inclasps, insanest, inscapes, insnares, installs, instants, instates, insulars, inulases, isatines, issuance, jasmines, kamseens, khamsins, kyanises, laciness, lameness, landless, landmass, lankness, lasagnas, lasagnes, lashings, lassoing, lastings, lateness, laziness, leanness, leasings, lesbians, liaisons, linsangs, maleness, malisons, maneless, mannoses, mansards, mansions, mantises, mantissa, maskings, matiness, maziness, meanness, medusans, misnames, misplans, mustangs, nabobess, nailsets, nameless, narcisms, narcissi, narcists, narcoses, narcosis, nasalise, nastiest, nathless, nauseous, nearness, neatness, newscast, nonclass, nonpasts, nosebags, nosegays, nutcases, nutgrass, onanisms, onanists, osmundas, outspans, ovalness, packness, paesanos, painless, paisanas, paisanos, paleness, parsnips, passband, passings, passions, pasterns, pastinas, pastness, peasants, personas, pianisms, pianists, pinesaps, pingrass, piscinas, pissants, planless, plasmins, plasmons, pressman, psammons, puissant, quassins, raciness, rainless, raisings, rankness, ransacks, raptness, rareness, rashness, rassling, realness, reassign, rennases, reseason, responsa, retsinas, sabatons, sabayons, sacatons, sackings, sacrings, sadirons, safeness, saffrons, saganash, sageness, sailings, salesman, salesmen, salicins, salients, salpians, salterns, saltines, saltings, saltness, saltpans, sameness, samisens, sanctums, sandbags, sandbars, sandburs, sanddabs, sandfish, sandhogs, sandiest, sandlots, sandpits, sandshoe, sandsoap, sandspur, saneness, sangrias, sanicles, sanities, sanitise, sannyasi, sanserif, santours, saplings, saponins, sardanas, sardines, sarments, sarsenet, satanism, satanist, satinets, saunters, saurians, savannas, savarins, sawbones, saxhorns, saxonies, scalenus, scandals, scandias, scanners, scansion, scantest, scanties, schnapps, sealants, sealskin, seasonal, seasoned, seasoner, seatings, seawants, seedsman, seminars, senarius, senators, senhoras, senopias, sensated, sensates, sensilla, sensoria, seringas, serranos, servants, sestinas, sextains, sextants, shadings, shaitans, shandies, shannies, shanteys, shanties, shantihs, sharpens, shavings, shebangs, shebeans, sheitans, siamangs, siganids, signages, signoras, sinapism, sinkages, sinopias, sinuates, skatings, slackens, slanders, slashing, slatings, slayings, smartens, smashing, snaffles, snakiest, snapless, snappers, snappish, snapshot, snarlers, snatches, sneakers, snowcaps, soarings, solanins, solanums, sonances, sopranos, soutanes, soybeans, spacings, spadones, spaeings, spancels, spangles, spaniels, spankers, spanless, spanners, spawners, spinages, spirants, sporrans, stagings, stainers, staminas, stanches, standbys, standees, standers, standish, stanines, stannous, stannums, starnose, stashing, stasimon, stations, steapsin, stearins, stengahs, stewpans, sthenias, stunsail, suasions, subbasin, subclans, subdeans, subnasal, subpenas, sultanas, summands, sunbaths, sunbeams, sundials, sunglass, sunlamps, sunlands, sunscald, sunshade, sunwards, surnames, sustains, swainish, swankest, swanpans, swanskin, swashing, synagogs, synanons, synapsed, synapses, synapsid, synapsis, syncarps, syngases, synovias, syntaxes, syringas, tallness, tameness, tartness, tautness, teniases, teniasis, titaness, transits, transoms, treasons, tsarinas, tsunamis, unclasps, unlashes, unsnarls, unspeaks, unstacks, unstates, unstraps, unswears, upstands, uranisms, usaunces, vainness, vanishes, vastness, versants, vinasses, wariness, warisons, warmness, washings, waviness, waxiness, weakness, weasands, wessands, whatness, windlass, zaniness, zymosans. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 41 4E 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- -. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000001 01001110 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S A N S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0041 004E 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53354853 |
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