common sense

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Calque of Middle French sens commun and its source, Latin sēnsus commūnis, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κοινὴ αἴσθησις (koinḕ aísthēsis).

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gesonde verstand — ordinary understanding
• Arabic: اَلْحِسّ السَّلِيم (al-ḥiss as-salīm) — ordinary understanding
• Azerbaijani: sağlam düşüncə — ordinary understanding
• Bengali: আকল (akôl) — ordinary understanding
• Catalan: seny — ordinary understanding
• Chinese Mandarin: 常識 /常识 (chángshí) — ordinary understanding
• Chinese Mandarin: 常情 (chángqíng) — ordinary understanding
• Chinese Mandarin: 常理 (chánglǐ) — ordinary understanding
• Czech: zdravý rozum — ordinary understanding
• Czech: selský rozum — ordinary understanding
• Danish: sund fornuft — ordinary understanding
• Dutch: gezond verstand — ordinary understanding
• Dutch: boerenverstand — ordinary understanding
• Estonian: terve mõistus — ordinary understanding
• Finnish: terve järki — ordinary understanding
• Finnish: maalaisjärki — ordinary understanding
• Finnish: järki — ordinary understanding
• Finnish: arkijärki — ordinary understanding
• Finnish: talonpoikaisjärki — ordinary understanding
• Finnish: perusjärki — ordinary understanding
• French: bon sens — ordinary understanding
• French: sens commun — ordinary understanding
• Galician: sentido común — ordinary understanding
• Galician: sentidiño — ordinary understanding
• Georgian: საღი აზრი (saɣi azri) — ordinary understanding
• Georgian: ჯანსაღი აზრი (ǯansaɣi azri) — ordinary understanding
• Georgian: კეთილგონიერება (ḳetilgoniereba) — ordinary understanding
• German: gesunder Menschenverstand — ordinary understanding
• German: Common Sense — ordinary understanding
• Greek: κοινή λογική (koiní logikí) — ordinary understanding
• Hebrew: שכל הישר — ordinary understanding
• Hebrew: היגיון פשוט — ordinary understanding
• Hungarian: józan ész — ordinary understanding
• Icelandic: almenn skynsemi — ordinary understanding
• Ido: komuna raciono — ordinary understanding
• Indonesian: akal sehat — ordinary understanding
• Italian: buonsenso — ordinary understanding
• Italian: senno — ordinary understanding
• Italian: senso comune — ordinary understanding
• Japanese: 常識 (jōshiki) — ordinary understanding
• Khmer: សុភនិច្ឆ័យ (sophĕəʼnicchay) — ordinary understanding
• Latvian: veselais saprāts — ordinary understanding
• Macedonian: здрав разум (zdrav razum) — ordinary understanding
• Malay: akal — ordinary understanding
• Malay: akal budi — ordinary understanding
• Manx: keeall — ordinary understanding
• Norwegian Bokmål: sunn fornuft — ordinary understanding
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sunn fornuft — ordinary understanding
• Polish: zdrowy rozsądek — ordinary understanding
• Polish: rozsądek — ordinary understanding
• Portuguese: senso comum — ordinary understanding
• Portuguese: bom senso — ordinary understanding
• Romanian: bun-simț — ordinary understanding
• Russian: здра́вый смысл (zdrávyj smysl) — ordinary understanding
• Russian: у́м-ра́зум (úm-rázum) — ordinary understanding
• Serbo-Croatian: zdravi razum — ordinary understanding
• Serbo-Croatian: zdrava pamet — ordinary understanding
• Slovene: zdrava pamet — ordinary understanding
• Spanish: sentido común — ordinary understanding
• Swahili: akili — ordinary understanding
• Swedish: sunt förnuft — ordinary understanding
• Swedish: bondförstånd — ordinary understanding
• Tagalog: sentido komun — ordinary understanding
• Tagalog: magmag — ordinary understanding
• Thai: สามัญสํานึก (sǎa-man-sǎm-nʉ́k) — ordinary understanding
• Turkish: sağduyu — ordinary understanding
• Turkish: aklıselim — ordinary understanding
• Turkish: hissiselim — ordinary understanding
• Ottoman Turkish: هوش (huş) — ordinary understanding
• Ottoman Turkish: ادراك (idrak) — ordinary understanding
• Ottoman Turkish: عقل (ʼakl, ʼakıl) — ordinary understanding
• Turkmen: sagdyn pikir — ordinary understanding
• Ukrainian: здоро́вий глузд (zdoróvyj hluzd) — ordinary understanding
• Vietnamese: lẽ thường — ordinary understanding
• Yiddish: שׂכל (seykhl) — ordinary understanding