señor

• senor

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

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: se‧ñor

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.

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

• senhor (reintegrationist)

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

• IPA^(key): /seˈɲoɾ/ [s̺eˈɲoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: se‧ñor

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

señor f (plural señores)

1. (archaic) lady, milady

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “señor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “señor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “señor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “señor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “señor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish señor (“señor”). Doublet of senior, senyur, and sinyo.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɲɔr/ [ˈsɛ.ɲɔr]
• Rhymes: -ɛɲɔr

señor

1. señor (a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr.)

   Synonym: senyur

• “señor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• Señor (used before a name)
• seor
• seó

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 sénior, borrowed from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /seˈɲoɾ/ [seˈɲoɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: se‧ñor

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

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?)

• “señor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• renos, rones

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /senˈjoɾ/ [sɛnˈɲoɾ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /senˈjoɾ/ [sɛn̪ˈjoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: se‧ñor

señór (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

1. alternative spelling of senyor