señor

See also: senor, senhor, and Señor

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• senor

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish señor.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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 man.

AnagramsEdit

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

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SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• Señor (used before a name)
• seor
• Aljamiado: شَانُرْ

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /seˈɲoɾ/
• Rhymes: -oɾ

NounEdit

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

1. mister, sir, lord (title conferred on an adult male)
2. gentleman

   Synonyms: caballero

3. master

   Synonyms: amo

AbbreviationsEdit

• (title): Sr., Sr

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from señor

• señoreante
• señorear
• señoría

• señorial
• señoril
• señorío

• señorita
• señoritingo

• señoritismo
• señorito

AnagramsEdit

• renos, rones

Further readingEdit

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