stricto sensu

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Learned borrowing from Latin strictō sēnsū and sēnsū strictō, both meaning the same. Various misspellings exist, such as stricto senso, strictu sensu, senso stricto and sensu strictu, which can be attributed to ignorance of the underlying Latin grammar causing analogical leveling of the endings. (The only grammatically correct alternative form is sensu stricto, which is also commonly found in English.)

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: in enge zin — in the strict sense — see also technically
• Dutch: stricto sensu — in the strict sense — see also technically
• Finnish: suppeassa merkityksessä — in the strict sense — see also technically
• French: au sens strict — in the strict sense — see also technically
• French: techniquement — in the strict sense — see also technically
• German: im engeren Sinne (i. e. S.) — in the strict sense — see also technically
• German: stricto sensu — in the strict sense — see also technically
• Italian: in senso stretto — in the strict sense — see also technically
• Italian: a rigor di termini — in the strict sense — see also technically
• Latin: sensu stricto — in the strict sense — see also technically
• Polish: sensu stricto — in the strict sense — see also technically
• Polish: ściśle mówiąc — in the strict sense — see also technically
• Portuguese: stricto sensu — in the strict sense — see also technically
• Romanian: stricto sensu — in the strict sense — see also technically
• Russian: стро́го говоря́ (strógo govorjá) — in the strict sense — see also technically