meaning, sense; sense, sensation; sense, intelligence; direction of circulation
“le sens ultime de la vie” — the ultimate meaning of life
Synonyms: signification, perception, sensation
Related: sens anti-horaire, sens commun, sens de l'humour, sens des aiguilles d'une montre, sens des réalités, sens dessus dessous, sens devant derrière, sens horaire, sens trigonométrique
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sens Middle French sens French sens Inherited from Middle French, from Old French sens, sen, san (“sense, reason, direction”), partly borrowed from Latin sēnsus (“sense, sensation, feeling, meaning”), from sentiō (“feel, perceive”); partly from Frankish *sinn (“sense, reas