sens

See also Sens

Catalan

Preposition

sens

1. Alternative form of sense.

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French

Etymology 1

From Middle French, from Old French sens, sen, san (“sense, reason, direction”), partly from Latin sensus (“sense, sensation, feeling, meaning”), from sentiō (“feel, perceive”); partly from Frankish *sinn (“sense, reason, mental faculty, way, direction”), from Proto-Germanic *sinnaz (“mind, meaning”). Both Latin and Germanic from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). Compare also French assener (“to thrust out”), forcené (“maniac”). More at send.

Pronunciation

• audio (le sens)

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• IPA: /sɑ̃s/

Noun

sens m (plural sens)

1. sense
2. meaning
3. direction

Synonyms

• opinion
• sensualité

Derived terms

• sens dessus dessous
• sens devant derrière

Related terms

• sensation

Etymology 2

from sentir

Pronunciation

• /sɑ̃/

Verb

sens

1. first-person singular indicative present of sentir
2. second-person singular indicative present of sentir
3. second-person singular imperative of sentir

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Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *senas, from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). In Latvian, apparently only the adverbial form sen was conserved without interruption; in the first Latvian dictionaries, only vecs is consistently given as an adjective, whereas the occurrences of sens are few and dubious. Apparently the Latvian adjectival form of sen fell out of usage after proto-Baltic times, and was recoined and successfully reintroduced only in the 19th century. Cognates include Lithuanian sẽnas (“old, ancient”), Sudovian sens (“old”), Old Irish sen, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (sineigs) (< *sen-ei-), Sanskrit सनः (sánaḥ, “old”), Ancient Greek ἕνος (hénos, “old, last year's”), Latin senex (“old in age, senior”).

Adjective

sens (def. senais, comp. senāks, sup. vissenākais; irreg. adv. sen)

1. ancient, old, of long ago (many years, centuries, ages ago; the people of such times, their institutions, culture, etc.)

   seni laiki, tāla pagatne — ancient times, distant past

   senā Grieķija — ancient Greece

   senā Roma — ancient Rome

   sens rokraksts — ancient manuscript

   sena tradīcija — ancient tradition

   sena valoda — ancient language

   sens darbarīks — ancient tool

   seni augi, dzīvnieki — ancient plants, animals

   senie latvieši — the ancient Latvians

   senie eģiptieši — the ancient Egyptians

   sena cilts — ancient tribe

2. old (from relatively long ago; separated from the present by a (subjectively) significant amount of time)

   sena skolasbiedru draudzība — an old schoolmate friendship

   sens paziņa — an old acquaintance

   piedzīvojumu žanrs kinomākslā ir sens un pārbaudīts — the adventure genre in film is old and tried

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of sens

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sens	seni		sena	senas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	senu	senus		senu	senas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	sena	senu		senas	senu
dative (datīvs)	senam	seniem		senai	senām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	senu	seniem		senu	senām
locative (lokatīvs)	senā	senos		senā	senās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

Derived terms

• senatne

Related terms

• sencis

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Middle French

Noun

sens m (plural sens)

1. sense (method for a living being to gather data about the world)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• san
• sen

Etymology

Partly from Latin sensus (“sense, sensation, feeling, meaning”), from sentiō (“feel, perceive”); partly from Frankish *sinn (“sense, mental faculty, way, direction”), from Proto-Germanic *sinnaz (“mind, meaning”). Both Latin and Germanic from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). More at sens.

Noun

sens m (oblique plural sens, nominative singular sens, nominative plural sens)

1. reason; ability to reason or think

Synonyms

• raison

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [s̪ɛ̃s̪]

• audio

  (file)

Noun

sens m

1. sense (meaning or reason)

Declension

    declension of sens

	singular	plural
nominative	sens	(sensy)
genitive	sensu	(sensów)
dative	sensowi	(sensom)
accusative	sens	(sensy)
instrumental	sensem	(sensami)
locative	sensie	(sensach)
vocative	sensie	(sensy)