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daniel mcgrath wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> What are your comments on "sans" meaning "without", from the French,
> as an English word?
> 
> daniel

According to Merriam-Webster (http://www.m-w.com):

                        Main Entry: 1 sans
                        Pronunciation: 'sanz
                        Function: preposition
                        Etymology: Middle English saun, sans, from Middle
French san, sans,
                        modification of Latin sine without -- more at SUNDER
                        Date: 14th century
                        : WITHOUT <my love to thee is sound, sans crack or
flaw -- Shakespeare> 

(I guess if it's good enough for Will, it's good enough for me.)

                        Main Entry: 2 sans
                        Pronunciation: 'sanz
                        Function: noun
                        Inflected Form(s): plural sans
                        Date: circa 1909

(I've got to admit -- I've never thought of it as a noun.)

                        Main Entry: sans ser�if
                        Variant(s): or san�ser�if /san-'ser-&f, 'sanz-/
                        Function: noun
                        Etymology: probably from sans + modification of Dutch
schreef stroke --
                        more at SERIF
                        Date: 1830
                        : a letter or typeface with no serifs 

Sans-serif is the most common usage (that I know of) of "sans" in the English
language.
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