sapient

English

Etymology

From Old French sapient, or its source, Latin sapiēns.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈseɪpɪənt/

Adjective

sapient (comparative more sapient, superlative most sapient)

1. (now literary or sarcastic) Possessing wisdom and discernment; wise, learned.
   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 217:

     In Europe I had been told by sapient academics that there wasn't really any class system in the United States: well, you couldn't prove that by the conditions in California's agribusinesses, or indeed its urban factories.

Synonyms

• wise
• sagacious

Related terms

• sapiently
• Homo sapiens

Translations

possessing wisdom and discernment

• Danish: intelligent (da), vis (da)

Anagrams

• panties, patines, ptisane

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Latin

Verb

sapient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of sapiō

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin sapiēns. Compare savant

Adjective

sapient m

1. wise; sapient

Declension

  Declension of sapient  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	sapiens, sapienz, sapients	sapiente	sapient
	Oblique	sapient	sapiente	sapient
Plural	Subject	sapient	sapientes	sapient
	Oblique	sapiens, sapienz, sapients	sapientes	sapient

Related terms

• sapience
• sapientement

Descendants

• English: sapient (borrowed)
• French: sapient

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sapiēns, sapientis.

Adjective

sapient

1. (rare) learned, wise

Synonyms

• înțelept, savant, învățat, doct, erudit

Related terms

• sapiență