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sans

/sɑ̃/

preposition/sɑ̃/

without (not having); without (not doing or having done)

Je ne veux pas partir sans toi.I cannot leave without you.

Antonyms: avec

Inherited from Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without". Cognates include Spanish sin, Portuguese sem, Italian senza, Catalan sens, sense.

sans — French Dictionary | Passage