Meanings
nounsans serif (plural sans serifs)
plural sans serifs · alternative sanserif · alternative sans-serif
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA typeface in which the characters do not have serifs.
Opposite
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Origin
Translations
Catalan pal sec
- pal secwithout serifs
Chinese Mandarin 無襯線字體 /无衬线字体, 黑體 /黑体
- 無襯線字體 /无衬线字体 (wú chènxiàn zìtǐ)without serifs
- 黑體 /黑体 (hēitǐ)without serifs
Czech bezpatkový
- bezpatkovýwithout serifs
Dutch schreefloos
- schreeflooswithout serifs
Finnish päätteetön, sans-serif
- päätteetönwithout serifs
- sans-serifwithout serifs
- groteskiwithout serifs
French linéal
- linéalwithout serifs
German serifenlos
- serifenloswithout serifs
Hebrew סנס–סריף, ללא תגים
- סנס–סריף (sans-sérif)without serifs
- ללא תגים (l'ló tagím)without serifs
Hungarian talpatlan, groteszk
- talpatlanwithout serifs
- groteszkwithout serifs
Indonesian sans serif
- sans serifwithout serifs
Japanese サンセリフ
- サンセリフ (sanserifu)without serifs
Korean 산세리프
- 산세리프 (sanseripeu)without serifs
Polish bezszeryfowy
- bezszeryfowywithout serifs
Portuguese sem serifa
- sem serifawithout serifs
Russian без засе́чек
- без засе́чек (bez zaséček)without serifs
Spanish palo seco, paloseco
- palo secowithout serifs
- palosecowithout serifs
- sin serifaswithout serifs
- sin serifawithout serifs
Cite this entry
APA
sans serif. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sans%20serif
MLA
“sans serif.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sans%20serif. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sans serif,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sans%20serif.
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