sens

sens

1. plural of sen

• -ness, ESNs, NSSE, Ness, SE SN, SNES, ness

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sens (plural sense)

1. scythe

   Synonym: seis

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈsəns/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛns/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsens/

sens

1. Alternative form of sense

• sens dubte
• sens falta

• “sens” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sens”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “sens” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sens” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Middle French, from Old French sens, sen, san (“sense, reason, direction”), partly borrowed from Latin sensus (“sense, sensation, feeling, meaning”), from sentiō (“feel, perceive”); partly from Frankish *sinn (“sense, reason, mental faculty, way, direction”) (via Vulgar Latin *sennus), from Proto-West Germanic *sinn (“mind, meaning”), particularly in the sense of "direction". Both Latin and Germanic from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). Compare also French assener (“to thrust out”), forcené (“maniac”). More at send.

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃s/

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  • The preservation of final /s/ in this term is irregular. Formerly a pronunciation without this /s/ was possible, and is still found in the expressions sens dessus dessous and sens devant derrière.

sens m (plural sens)

1. meaning, sense

   Synonym: signification

   le sens ultime de la vie ― the ultimate meaning of life

   Les mots ont un sens. ― Words have meanings.

2. sense, sensation

   Synonyms: perception, sensation

3. sense, intelligence

   bon sens ― common sense

   Je préfère fréquenter ceux qui manquent de bon sens. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. direction of circulation

   voie à sens unique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   en tous sens, dans tous les sens ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• sensation
• sensualité

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃/

sens

1. inflection of sentir:
   1. first/second-person singular indicative present
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *senas, from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). In Latvian, apparently only the adverbial form sen was conserved without interruption; in the first Latvian dictionaries, only vecs is consistently given as an adjective, whereas the occurrences of sens are few and dubious. Apparently the Latvian adjectival form of sen fell out of usage after Proto-Balto-Slavic times, and was recoined and successfully reintroduced only in the 19th century. Cognates include Lithuanian sẽnas (“old, ancient”), Sudovian sens (“old”), Old Irish sen, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (sineigs) (< *sen-ei-), Sanskrit सन (sana, “old”), Ancient Greek ἕνος (hénos, “old, last year's”), Latin senex (“old in age, senior”).[1]

sens (definite senais, comparative senāks, superlative vissenākais, adverb sen)

1. ancient, old, of long ago (many years, centuries, ages ago; the people of such times, their institutions, culture, etc.)

   seni laiki, tāla pagatne ― ancient times, distant past

   senā Grieķija ― ancient Greece

   senā Roma ― ancient Rome

   sens rokraksts ― ancient manuscript

   sena tradīcija ― ancient tradition

   sena valoda ― ancient language

   sens darbarīks ― ancient tool

   seni augi, dzīvnieki ― ancient plants, animals

   senie latvieši ― the ancient Latvians

   senie eģiptieši ― the ancient Egyptians

   sena cilts ― ancient tribe

2. old (from relatively long ago; separated from the present by a (subjectively) significant amount of time)

   sena skolasbiedru draudzība ― an old schoolmate friendship

   sens paziņa ― an old acquaintance

   piedzīvojumu žanrs kinomākslā ir sens un pārbaudīts ― the adventure genre in film is old and tried

• senatne

• sencis

• senz, cens

From Old French sens.

sens m (plural sens)

1. sense (method for a living being to gather data about the world)
2. sense (ability to reason)

• French: sens

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sens

1. (Gascony, Languedoc, Limousin) Alternative form of sense[1]

sens m (plural sens)

1. (Gascony, Languedoc) sense[2][3]

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN,page 124.

• sen, san

Partly borrowed from Latin sensus (“sense, sensation, feeling, meaning”), from sentiō (“feel, perceive”); partly (via Vulgar Latin *sennus) from Frankish *sinn (“sense, mental faculty, way, direction”). Both Latin and Germanic from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). More at sens.

sens m (oblique plural sens, nominative singular sens, nominative plural sens)

1. reason; ability to reason or think

• raison

• Middle French: sens
  • French: sens
• Picard: sins
• → Middle English: sense, sence, sens
  • English: sense, sence
    • → Afrikaans: sense

sens m

1. Alternative spelling of séns: alternative form of síans

Borrowed from Latin sēnsus.

• IPA^(key): /sɛns/, /sɛw̃s/

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• Rhymes: -ɛns
• Syllabification: sens

sens m inan

1. sense (meaning or reason)

• sens in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sens in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French sens, Latin sensus.

sens n (plural sensuri)

1. sense, meaning
2. reason, logic
3. direction

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *senas, from Proto-Indo-European *sénos. Compare Lithuanian sẽnas (“old”), Latvian sȩns (“ancient”); however, Latvian vȩcs (“old”), Old Prussian urs (“old”).[1][2]

ſenſ

1. old
   • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 171, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     stary — ſenſ

     stary — old

   Antonyms: iauniſ (“young”), nau (“new”)