☉sénieur, n.m., senior.
sénile, adj., senile, old.
sénilité, n.f., senility, old age.
senne, n.f. V. seine.
sens (sānss), n.m., sense, senses, feelings, passions; understanding, judgment; intellect; reason, intelligence; opinion, sentiment; wits, reason, judgment; meaning, import; way, direction. Reprendre ses —; to come to one’s senses, to come to. Bon —; good sense. — commun; common-sense. — propre; proper meaning. — figuré; figurative sense. — intime; consciousness. À double —; with double meaning. A mon —; in my opinion. Dans tous les —; in all directions, to and fro. En tous —; in every direction. N’avoir pas le — commun; to be preposterous, absurd. Tomber sous le —; to be obvious, self-evident. À contre —; wrong way, in a wrong sense. — devant derrière; hind part foremost; wrong side first. Ce mot a deux —; that word has two meanings. Il abonde en son —; he is wedded to his opinion. J’abonde dans votre —; I am of your opinion. — dessus dessous; upside down, topsy-turvy. Être dans son bon —; to be in one’s right senses. Mettre quelqu’un hors de son bon —; to drive any one out of his senses. En — inverse; in a contrary direction.
sensation, n.f., sensation, feeling. Faire —; to cause a sensation. À —; sensational.
sensé, -e, adj., sensible, intelligent, reasonable.
sensément, adv., sensibly, judiciously.
sensibilité, n.f., sensibility, sensitiveness, feeling, delicacy; tenderness, soreness; tender-heartedness.
sensible, adj., sensible; perceptible, obvious, palpable, evident; feeling, sensitive; visible (horizon); tender, sore (of flesh). Il se montra — à ma douleur; he seemed moved by my sorrow. C’est son endroit —; that’s his sensitive part. Note —; (mus.) leading note.