señor

See also: senor, senhor, and Señor

English

Alternative forms

• senor

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish señor. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, signore, sir, and sire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪnˈjɔɹ/, /seɪnˈjoʊɹ/, /sinˈjɔɹ/, /sɛnˈjɔɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

señor (plural señores)

1. A Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or an older man.

Anagrams

• noser, renos, oners, Ernos, Rosen, Ornes, snore, seron, Ensor, Norse, neros, rosen, Roens, Neros, Rones

Galician

Alternative forms

• senhor (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese senhor, from Latin senior. Compare Portuguese senhor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɲoɾ/

Noun

señor m (plural señores, feminine señora, feminine plural señoras)

1. elder, senior
2. sir, mister
3. lord, master, liege
4. (capitalized, Catholicism) the Lord / God

Related terms

• Sr.

Noun

señor f (plural señores)

1. (archaic) lady, milady

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “señor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “señor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “señor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “señor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “señor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Señor (used before a name)
• seor
• seó
• شَانُرْ (aljamiado)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sennor (“lord”), from Vulgar Latin *senjor (“master, elder, lord, nobleman”), from Latin seniōrem (“elder”), comparative form of senex (“old”). Doublet of senior, borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɲoɾ/ [seˈɲoɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: se‧ñor

Noun

señor m (plural señores, feminine señora, feminine plural señoras)

1. mister, sir, lord (title conferred on a married or older male)

   Synonyms: Sr., Sr

2. gentleman

   Synonym: caballero

3. master

   Synonym: amo

Derived terms

• de padre y muy señor mío
• dueño y señor
• ruin señor cría ruin servidor
• señor de la guerra
• señor feudal
• señoreante
• señorear
• señoría
• señorial
• señoril
• señorío
• señorita
• señoritingo
• señoritismo
• señorito (diminutive)
• señoro
• señorón (augmentative)

 

Adjective

señor (feminine señora, masculine plural señores, feminine plural señoras)

1. (before a noun) great big; whopping

   dar un señor golpe

   Give a good big whack

2. free

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Further reading

• “señor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• renos, rones

Tagalog

Noun

señór (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

1. Alternative spelling of senyor