senyor
See also: Senyor
English
editEtymology
editFrom Catalan senyor. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, signore, sir, and sire.
Noun
editsenyor (plural senyors)
- A Catalan-speaking gentleman.
- 1996, Jacqueline Waldren, “The Realities of Paradise”, in Insiders and Outsiders: Paradise and Reality in Mallorca (New Directions in Anthropology; 3), New York, N.Y.; Oxford, Oxfordshire: Berghahn Books, published 2006, →ISBN, pages 26–27:
- Their relationship was much like that of the patron-client relationships of the senyors and tenants of the past except that, since these senyors had no children, the Deianenc family would be the heirs to the estate they worked.
- 2006, Mercè Rodoreda, translated by Josep Miquel Sobrer, “The Servants in Summer”, in A Broken Mirror, London: Daunt Books, →ISBN, part 1, page 104:
- She did not mind the servants gossiping behind the senyors’ backs but did not encourage them.
- 2015, Care Santos, translated by Julie Wark, “Act II: Cocoa, Sugar and Cinnamon”, in Desire for Chocolate, Richmond, London: Alma Books, →ISBN, page 161:
- Afterwards, the senyors opened the doors of their home in Carrer de la Princesa, and all the crème de la crème of Barcelona came to snoop, pay their respects to the happy couple and, while they were there, have a look at the little heiress, who might not be so pretty but she was very rich.
Catalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Catalan senyor, from Latin seniōrem (literally “elder”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsenyor m (plural senyors, feminine senyora)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “senyor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish señor, from Old Spanish sennor, from Latin senior, seniōrem (“elder”), comparative form of senex (“old”).
Noun
editsenyor
- (archaic) the master of a household
- (archaic) an address to one's male employer
- (sarcastic) an address to a lazy boy or man, especially one's son. (see usage notes)
Usage notes
edit- Used to catch the boy or man's attention.
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish señor, from Old Spanish sennor (“lord”), from Vulgar Latin *senjor (“master, elder, lord, nobleman”), from Latin seniōrem (“elder”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /senˈjoɾ/ [sɛˈɲoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: sen‧yor
Noun
editsenyór (feminine senyora, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔)
- (archaic) mister; sir
- Synonym: ginoo
- (archaic) lord; master
- (archaic) gentleman
- (derogatory, colloquial) false gentleman
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “senyor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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