sensé
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.se/
Audio (file) - Homophone: censé
Adjective
sensé (feminine sensée, masculine plural sensés, feminine plural sensées)
- 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 Cie, 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
Further reading
- “sensé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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