Portuguese

Proper noun

Senhor m

1. Lord (god)
2. (Christianity) Lord (Jesus)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Senhor.

English

Noun

senhor ‎(plural senhors or senhores)

1. A Portuguese gentleman.

Old Portuguese

Noun

senhor m f ‎(plural senhores)

1. Alternative form of sennor
   • 13th century, João de Lobeira, (Please provide the title of the work):

     
     Das que vejo
     nom desejo
     outra senhor se vós nom
     e desejo
     tam sobejo
     mataria um leon
     senhor do meu coraçom
     fim roseta,
     fror sobre toda fror
     fim roseta,
     nom me meta
     em tal coisa voss'amor!

Old Provençal

Alternative forms

• segnor

Etymology

From Latin senior, seniōrem.

Noun

senhor m ‎(oblique plural senhors, nominative singular senhors, nominative plural senhor)

1. lord (a nobleman in medieval society)

Descendants

• Catalan: senyor
• Occitan: sénher, senhor, signour

References

• (fr)(de) senior in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Sr. (abbreviation)
• senhôr (obsolete)
• sinhô (Caipira eye-dialect)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sennor, from Latin seniōrem, accusative of senior ‎(“older”), comparative of senex ‎(“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos ‎(“old”). Doublet of sénior.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ˈɲoɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩ.ˈȷ̃oɾ/
• Hyphenation: se‧nhor

Noun

senhor m (plural senhores, feminine senhora, feminine plural senhoras)

1. mister (title conferred to an adult male)

   Dei o livro ao senhor João.‎

   I gave the book to mister John.

2. sir (address to any male)

   Não irei, senhor.‎

   I won’t go, sir.

3. (military) sir (address to a military superior)

   Sim, senhor!‎

   Yes sir!

4. an old man

   O cinema estava cheio de senhores.‎

   The film theatre was full of old men.

5. an unspecified male

   Um senhor está a sua procura.‎

   Some guy is looking for you.

6. (historical) feudal lord

   O senhor ordenou a construção de uma fossa.‎

   The lord ordered the construction of a moat.

7. master (owner of a slave)

   Escravos devem obedecer seus senhores.‎

   Slaves must obey their masters.

8. (honorific) Sir (title given to a knight)

Synonyms

• (old man): idoso, velho
• (unspecified male): cara (slang)
• (owner of a slave): amo, dono
• (title of a knight): sir

Derived terms

• o senhor
• Senhor

Related terms

Descendants