sensé

See also: sense and Sense

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.se/

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• Homophone: censé

Etymology 1

From sens +‎ -é.

Adjective

sensé (feminine sensée, masculine plural sensés, feminine plural sensées)

1. sensible, rational

   Antonym: insensé

   • 1837, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XIX, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume II, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et C^ie, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:

     [D]u jour où Basile a su que la belle Quitéria épousait Camache le Riche, on ne l’a plus vu rire, on ne l’a plus entendu tenir un propos sensé.

     From the day when Basilio learned that the beautiful Quiteria would marry Camacho the Rich, you didn't see him laughing anymore, you didn't hear him make a sensible remark.

Derived terms

• insensé

Further reading

• “sensé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology 2

Adjective

sensé (feminine sensée, masculine plural sensés, feminine plural sensées)

1. Misspelling of censé.

Spanish

Verb

sensé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of sensar