saunz

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === sauns, sanz, sans, saunce, san, saun, sawnz, sauncz, sance === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French senz, sens, sans, san, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absēns (“absent, remote”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsau̯ns/, /ˈsans/, /ˈsau̯n/, /ˈsan/ === Preposition === saunz without, lacking, sans ==== Descendants ==== English: sans Scots: sans (obsolete) ==== References ==== “saun(s, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 February 2019.