senyor

See also: Senyor

English

Etymology

From Catalan senyor. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, signore, sir, and sire.

Noun

senyor (plural senyors)

1. 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

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan senyor, from Latin seniōrem (literally “elder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈɲo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈɲoɾ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

senyor m (plural senyors, feminine senyora)

1. lord, master
2. owner, proprietor
3. mister; sir; My Lord

Derived terms

• Nostre Senyor
• senyorada
• senyoralla
• senyorejar
• senyoret
• senyorívol

 

Related terms

• senyora
• senyoratge
• senyoreta
• senyoria
• senyorial

 

References

• “senyor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish señor, from Old Spanish sennor, from Latin senior, seniōrem (“elder”), comparative form of senex (“old”).

Noun

senyor

1. (archaic) the master of a household
2. (archaic) an address to one's male employer
3. (sarcastic) an address to a lazy boy or man, especially one's son. (see usage notes)

Usage notes

• Used to catch the boy or man's attention.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• señor
• sinyor
• niyor, nyor — archaic, clipping
• sinyol — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish señor, from Old Spanish sennor (“lord”), from Vulgar Latin *senjor (“master, elder, lord, nobleman”), from Latin seniōrem (“elder”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /senˈjoɾ/ [sɛˈɲoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: sen‧yor

Noun

senyór (feminine senyora, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

1. (archaic) mister; sir

   Synonym: ginoo

2. (archaic) lord; master

   Synonyms: panginoon, amo

3. (archaic) gentleman

   Synonyms: ginoo, maginoo, don

4. (derogatory, colloquial) false gentleman

Related terms

• mamsir
• monsenyor
• senyorita
• senyorito
• sinyuldiya

 

Further reading

• “senyor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018