sens

Noun

sens

1. plural of sen

Anagrams

• -ness, Ness, SE SN, SNES, ness

Noun

sens (plural sense)

1. scythe

   Synonym: seis

Preposition

sens

1. Alternative form of sense

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃s/

• audio (le sens)

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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.

Etymology 2

From sentir.

Further reading

• “sens” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

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 सनः (sánaḥ, “old”), Ancient Greek ἕνος (hénos, “old, last year's”), Latin senex (“old in age, senior”).^[1]

Adjective

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

References

Alternative forms

• senz, cens

Noun

sens m (plural sens)

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

Alternative forms

• sen, san

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. reason; ability to reason or think

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sens]

• audio

  (file)

Noun

sens m inan

1. sense (meaning or reason)

Further reading

• sens in Polish dictionaries at PWN