sensory

English

Etymology

From New Latin sensorius (compare Late Latin sensorium), from Latin sensus (“feeling; sense”), from sentire (“to feel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnsəɹi/

Adjective

sensory (not comparable)

1. Of the senses or sensation.

Usage notes

Prefix combining form is sensori-, as in sensorimotor.

Synonyms

• sensely

Derived terms

Terms derived from sensory

• extrasensory
• multisensory
• sensorial

• sensorimotor
• sensorineural

• sensori-volitional
• supersensory

Related terms

• sensible
• sensual
• sensuous

Translations

of the senses or sensation

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: sensorial, sensori
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: smyslový (cs) m
• Finnish: aisti-, aistimuksellinen, aistinvarainen
• French: sensoriel (fr)
• Greek: αισθητήριος (el) m (aisthitírios)

• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: céadfach, céadfaíoch
• Italian: sensoriale (it)
• Portuguese: sensorial (pt)
• Romanian: senzorial (ro)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: sensorial (es), sensorio (es)
• Turkish: duyusal (tr), duyumsal (tr)

Noun

sensory (plural sensories)

1. (biology, dated) sensorium

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sensory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

See also

• sensory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia