sensor

See also: Sensor and sensör

English

Etymology

Originated 1925–30 from sense +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.sə/
• (US) 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 (zh), 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)

• Kazakh: бергіш (bergiş)
• Korean: 센서 (senseo)
• Macedonian: сетилник (mk) m (setilnik)
• Maori: paerongo, pūoko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sensor (no) m

  Nynorsk: sensor 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

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 (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik 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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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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Noun

sensor c

1. a sensor

Declension

Declension of sensor
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sensor	sensorn	sensorer	sensorerna
Genitive	sensors	sensorns	sensorers	sensorernas

Related terms

• temperatursensor

See also

• givare

Anagrams

• rosens, senors