sensor

See also: Sensor, and sensör

English

Etymology

Originated 1925–30 from sense +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.sə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.sɚ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Homophones: censer, censor
• Rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ)

Noun

sensor (plural sensors)

1. A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.

Translations

device or organ that detects certain external stimuli

• Basque: sentsore
• Bulgarian: се́нзор (bg) m (sénzor), датчик m (datčik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳感器／传感器 (zh) (chuángǎnqì), 传感器 (zh) (chuángǎnqì)

• Danish: føler c, sensor c
• Esperanto: sensilo
• Estonian: andur (device)
• Finnish: anturi (fi), tunnistin (fi) (device); aistin (fi); tuntoelin (organ), sensori (fi)
• French: détecteur (fr), capteur (fr) m
• German: Sensor (de) m
• Hungarian: érzékelő (hu)
• Irish: braiteoir m
• Italian: sensore (it) m
• Japanese: センサー (ja) (sensā), センサ (sensa)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kazakh: бергіш (bergış)
• Korean: 센서 (senseo)
• Macedonian: сетилник (mk) m (setilnik)
• Maori: paerongo, pūoko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sensor (no) m

  Nynorsk: sensor m

• Polish: sensor (pl) m
• Portuguese: sensor (pt) m
• Romanian: senzor (ro) m (device)
• Russian: се́нсор (ru) m (sɛ́nsor)
• Serbo-Croatian: osjetnik (sh) m (device), osjetilo (sh) n (organ)
• Spanish: sensor (es) m
• Swedish: sensor (sv) c
• Turkish: sensör (tr)
• Ukrainian: се́нсор m (sénsor)

Descendants

• → Turkish: sensör
• → Polish: sensor

References

• “sensor”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “sensor”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "sensor" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• Ensors, nosers, senors, serons, snores

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sensor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.zɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sen‧sor
• Rhymes: -ɛnzɔr
• Homophone: censor

Noun

sensor m (plural sensoren or sensors, diminutive sensortje n)

1. sensor [from ca. 1960s]

Derived terms

• bewegingssensor
• warmtesensor

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛnsɔr]
• Hyphenation: sèn‧sor

Etymology 1

From Dutch censor, from Latin censor.

Noun

sensor or sènsor

1. censor, an official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content.
2. censoring, an act of censorship.

Derived terms

• menyensor
• penyensor
• penyensoran

Etymology 2

From English sensor. Pronunciation influenced by Dutch sensor.

Noun

sensor or sènsor

1. sensor, a device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.

Further reading

• “sensor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin censor.

Noun

sensor m (definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorer, definite plural sensorene)

1. a censor
2. an examiner (education, of exam papers)

Etymology 2

From English sensor.

Noun

sensor m (definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorer, definite plural sensorene)

1. a sensor (device)

References

• “sensor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin censor.

Noun

sensor m (definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorar, definite plural sensorane)

1. a censor
2. an examiner (education, of exam papers)

Etymology 2

From English sensor.

Noun

sensor m (definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorar, definite plural sensorane)

1. a sensor (device)

References

• “sensor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sensor.

Noun

sensor m inan

1. sensor

   Synonyms: czujnik, receptor

Declension

Declension of sensor

	singular	plural
nominative	sensor	sensory
genitive	sensora	sensorów
dative	sensorowi	sensorom
accusative	sensor	sensory
instrumental	sensorem	sensorami
locative	sensorze	sensorach
vocative	sensorze	sensory

Derived terms

noun

• biosensor

 

Further reading

• sensor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sensor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

sensor m (plural sensores)

1. sensor (device or organ that detects certain external stimuli)

Related terms

• senso

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /senˈsoɾ/ [sẽnˈsoɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

Adjective

sensor (feminine sensora, masculine plural sensores, feminine plural sensoras)

1. acting as a sensor

Noun

sensor m (plural sensores)

1. sensor

Related terms

• sensorio
• sensorial

Further reading

• “sensor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

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Swedish

Noun

sensor c

1. a sensor

Declension

Declension of sensor

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sensor	sensors
	definite	sensorn	sensorns
plural	indefinite	sensorer	sensorers
	definite	sensorerna	sensorernas

Related terms

• temperatursensor

See also

• givare

Anagrams

• rosens, senors