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sens.

meaning, sense

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɑ̃s/

  1. meaning, sense

    invariable · masculine
    le sens ultime de la vie
    Les mots ont un sens.

  2. sense, sensation

    invariable · masculine

  3. sense, intelligence

    invariable · masculine
    bon sens
    Je préfère fréquenter ceux qui manquent de bon sens.

  4. direction of circulation

    invariable · masculine
    voie à sens unique
    en tous sens, dans tous les sens
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sens Middle French sens French sens Inherited from Middle French, from Old French sens, sen, san (“sense, reason, direction”), partly borrowed from Latin sēnsus (“sense, sensation, feeling, meaning”), from sentiō (“feel, perceive”); partly from Frankish *sinn (“sense, reason, mental faculty, way, direction”) (via Vulgar Latin *sennus), from Proto-West Germanic *sinn (“mind, meaning”), particularly in the sense of "direction". Both Latin and Germanic from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). Compare also French assener (“to thrust out”), forcené (“maniac”). More at send.

verb/sɑ̃/

  1. inflection of sentir: first/second-person singular indicative present

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · second-person · singular

  2. inflection of sentir: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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