noun · verb · 23 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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sĕns
/sɛns/
/sɛnts/
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pin-pen-merger:/sɪns/
pin-pen-merger:/sɪnts/
rhymes with -ɛns
homophone: cents
homophone: scents
homophone: since (pin–pen merger)
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
a sense of security
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Sound practical or moral judgment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
It’s common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The meaning, reason, or value of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
You don’t make any sense.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The meaning, reason, or value of something.
A meaning of a term (word or expression), among its various meanings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the various senses of the word “car” (e.g., motor car, elevator car, railcar)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
The meaning, reason, or value of something.
A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense From Middle English sense, from Old French sens, sen, san (“sense, perception, direction”); partly from Latin sēnsus (“sensation, feeling, meaning”), from sentiō (“feel, perceive”); partly of Germanic origin (whence also Occitan sen, Italian senno), from Vulgar Latin *sennus (“sense, reason, way”), from Frankish *sinn ("reason, judgement, mental faculty, way, direction"; whence also Dutch zin, German Sinn, Swedish sinne, Norwegian sinn). Both Latin and Germanic from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).
Across languages
Translations
468 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
sintuig
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Albanian:
NI Ndienje
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Arabic:
حَاسَّة
(ḥāssa)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Arabic:
حاسة
(ḥāssa)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Armenian:
զգացում
(zgacʻum)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Armenian:
զգացողություն
(zgacʻoġutʻyun)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Asturian:
sentíu
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Bashkir:
хис
(xis)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Bashkir:
тойғо
(toyğo)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Basque:
zentzumen
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Belarusian:
пачуццё
(pačuccjó)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Breton:
skiant
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Bulgarian:
сетиво́
(setivó)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Bulgarian:
чу́вство
(čúvstvo)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Burmese:
အာရုံ
(arum)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Catalan:
seny
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Catalan:
sentit
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Chinese Mandarin:
感覺 /感觉
(gǎnjué)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Czech:
smysl
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Old Czech:
čuch
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Danish:
sans
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Dutch:
zintuig
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Esperanto:
senso
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Esperanto:
sentumo
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Estonian:
meel
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Finnish:
aisti
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
French:
sens
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Galician:
sentido
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Galician:
senso
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
German:
Sinn
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Greek:
αίσθηση
(aísthisi)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Ancient Greek:
αἴσθησις
(aísthēsis)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Hebrew:
חוּשׁ
(khúsh)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Hungarian:
érzék
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Hungarian:
érzékelés
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Icelandic:
skilningarvit
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Ido:
senso
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Indonesian:
indra
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Irish:
céadfa
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Italian:
senso
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Japanese:
感覚
(kankaku)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Khmer:
ឥន្ទ្រិយ
(ʼəntrii)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Khmer:
វិញ្ញាណ
(vɨññiən)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Korean:
감각
(gamgak)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Northern Kurdish:
hest
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Latgalian:
nūjauta
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Latvian:
maņa
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Lithuanian:
nuojauta
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Lithuanian:
uoslė
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Luxembourgish:
Sënn
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Macedonian:
сетило
(setilo)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Macedonian:
чувство
(čuvstvo)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Malay:
indera
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Malay:
deria
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Manx:
ennaghtyn
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Manx:
keeall
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Māori:
tairongo
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Norwegian:
sans
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Occitan:
sentit
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Occitan:
sens
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Old English:
ġewitt
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Persian:
حس
(hess)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Polish:
zmysł
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Portuguese:
sentido
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Romanian:
simț
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Russian:
чу́вство
(čúvstvo)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Russian:
ощуще́ние
(oščuščénije)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Scottish Gaelic:
ceudfath
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Serbo-Croatian:
о̀сјет
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Serbo-Croatian:
òsjet
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Sicilian:
sensu
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Sicilian:
senzu
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Slovak:
zmysel
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Slovene:
čutilo
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Slovene:
čut
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Spanish:
sentido
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Swedish:
sinne
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Tagalog:
pandama
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Tocharian B:
yälloñ
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Turkish:
duyu
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Ukrainian:
чуття́
(čuttjá)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Ukrainian:
відчуття́
(vidčuttjá)
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Venetan:
sènso
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Venetan:
senso
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Volapük:
sien
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world
Welsh:
synnwyr
— manner by which living beings perceive the physical world