sensibilité
French, noun/sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te/
sensibilité is spelled S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-É (11 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,648th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sensibilité is a French feminine noun meaning “sensitivity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité par laquelle un sujet est sensible aux impressions physiques”.
What does sensibilité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesensitivity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité par laquelle un sujet est sensible aux impressions physiques. 2. De même en parlant des impressions morales. 3. Ce à quoi l'on est sensible. 4. Sentiment d’humanité, de pitié, de tendresse.
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 sensibilité
- sensibilités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sensibilité?
- /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te/
- \sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\
- [sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sensibilité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sensibilité in French?
sensibilité appears 13 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).