señor
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish señor. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, signore, sir, and sire.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /seɪnˈjɔɹ/, /seɪnˈjoʊɹ/, /sinˈjɔɹ/, /sɛnˈjɔɹ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editseñor (plural señores)
- 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
editGalician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese senhor, from Latin senior. Compare Portuguese senhor.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editseñor m (plural señores, feminine señora, feminine plural señoras)
Related terms
editNoun
editseñor f (plural señores)
References
edit- 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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
editseñor m (plural señores, feminine señora, feminine plural señoras)
- mister, sir, lord (title conferred on a married or older male)
- gentleman
- Synonym: caballero
- master
- Synonym: amo
Derived terms
editAdjective
editseñor (feminine señora, masculine plural señores, feminine plural señoras)
- (before a noun) great big; whopping
- dar un señor golpe
- Give a good big whack
- free
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Further reading
edit- “señor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
editTagalog
editNoun
editseñór (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔)
- Alternative spelling of senyor
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