censé
French, adjective/sɑ̃.se/
censé is spelled C-E-N-S-É (5 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written French, the 3,602nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Censé is a French adjective meaning “supposed to, meant to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Supposé, réputé, considéré (comme)”.
What does censé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
supposed to, meant to
Il est censé être mort de maladie.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Supposé, réputé, considéré (comme).
noun: 1. ou prononciation : cinse Métairie, ferme.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of censé
- censée feminine
- censés masculine plural
- censées feminine plural
- censes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce censé?
- /sɑ̃.se/
- \sɑ̃.se\
- \sɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to censé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is censé in French?
censé appears 21 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).