sem
Portuguese
/sɐ̃j̃/, /sẽj̃/
preposition
Definitions
- -less; without not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.
- (followed by infinitive) without not doing or not having done something
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese sen inherited from Latin sine (without) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sene.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sene
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sinemet English
- sans English
- sans serif English
- sinecure English
- beneficium sine cūrā Latin
- sine Latin
- Sinekure German
- senza Italian
- sans French
- sans-dessein French
- sinécure French
- simpa Spanish, Castilian
- sin Spanish, Castilian
- sin par Spanish, Castilian
- sincebollista Spanish, Castilian
- sinhogarismo Spanish, Castilian
- sinpa Spanish, Castilian
- sinrazón Spanish, Castilian
- sinsentido Spanish, Castilian
- sintecho Spanish, Castilian
- sinvergüenza Spanish, Castilian
- *sene Proto-Indo-European
- *swé Proto-Indo-European
- saunz Middle English
- sans Old French
- senz Old French
- sen Esperanto
- sense Catalan, Valencian
- sen Galician
- una sin utra Cebuano
- sen Ido
- sen Old Portuguese
- ses Old Occitan
- sin Old Spanish
- sien Mirandese
- sen Old Catalan