chemosensory
adjective
chemosensory is an adjective meaning “of, or relating to a chemosensor, or to the perception of chemical signals by the senses; especially of the perception of taste and smell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-E-M-O-S-E-N-S-O-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does chemosensory mean?
adjective
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of, or relating to a chemosensor, or to the perception of chemical signals by the senses; especially of the perception of taste and smell
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chemosensory?
Chemosensory appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Chemosensory in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to a chemosensor:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | quimiosensorial |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does chemosensory come from?
From chemo- + sensory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).