senhor
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Portuguese senhor. Doublet of senior and signore.
NounEdit
senhor (plural senhors or senhores)
- A Portuguese gentleman.
- Obsolete spelling of señor
- 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 176:
- “Senhor,” said the Spaniard, “spare me; if your life was no dearer to you than mine, it would not be worth thanks.”
- 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 176:
AnagramsEdit
Old OccitanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin senior, seniōrem.
NounEdit
senhor m (oblique plural senhors, nominative singular senhors, nominative plural senhor)
- lord (a nobleman in medieval society)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “senior”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 110, page 448
Old PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
senhor m or f (plural senhores)
- Alternative form of sennor
- 13th century, João de Lobeira, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
Das que vejo
nom desejo
outra senhor se vós nom;
e desejo
tam sobejo
mataria um leon,
senhor do meu coraçom!
Leonoreta,
fin roseta,
bela sobre toda fror,
fin roseta,
nom me meta
em tal coita voss'amor!- Out of the ones I see
I do not wish
another lady if not thee;
and a such wish
so abundant
would kill a lion,
lady of my heart!
Leonoreta,
fine little rose,
more beautiful than every flower,
fine little rose,
do not lead me
to such sorrow thy love!
- Out of the ones I see
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese sennor, from Latin seniōrem, accusative of senior (“older”), comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Doublet of sénior.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
senhor m (plural senhores, feminine senhora, feminine plural senhoras)
- mister (title conferred to an adult male)
- Dei o livro ao senhor João.
- I gave the book to mister John.
- sir (address to any male)
- Não irei, senhor.
- I won’t go, sir.
- (military) sir (address to a military superior)
- Sim, senhor!
- Yes sir!
- an old man
- an unspecified male
- (historical) feudal lord
- O senhor ordenou a construção de uma fossa.
- The lord ordered the construction of a moat.
- master (owner of a slave)
- (honorific) Sir (title given to a knight)
- Synonym: sir