señor

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See also: senor, senhor, and Señor

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish señor. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /seɪnˈjɔɹ/, /seɪnˈjoʊɹ/, /sinˈjɔɹ/, /sɛnˈjɔɹ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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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 married or an older man.

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Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese senhor, from Latin senior. Compare Portuguese senhor.

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

  1. elder, senior
  2. sir, mister
  3. lord, master, liege
  4. (capitalized, Catholicism) the Lord / God
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señor f (plural señores)

  1. (archaic) lady, milady

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Spanish señor (señor), from Old Spanish sennor (lord), from Vulgar Latin *senjor (master, elder, lord, nobleman), from Latin seniōrem (elder), comparative form of senex (old). Doublet of señor, senior, senyur, and sinyo.

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Noun

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señor (plural señor-señor, first-person possessive señorku, second-person possessive señormu, third-person possessive señornya)

  1. señor: 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.
    Synonyms: senyur, tuan

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited 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.

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

  1. mister, sir, lord (title conferred on a married or older male)
    Synonyms: Sr., Sr
  2. gentleman
    Synonym: caballero
  3. master
    Synonym: amo

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Adjective

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

  1. (before a noun) great big; whopping
    dar un señor golpe
    Give a good big whack
  2. free
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Tagalog

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Noun

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señór (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. Alternative spelling of senyor