sensé
French, adjective/sɑ̃.se/
sensé is a French adjective meaning “sensible, rational” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a du bon sens, qui a de la raison, du jugement”.
What does sensé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sensible, rational
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a du bon sens, qui a de la raison, du jugement. 2. Qui est conforme au bon sens, à la raison.
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 sensé
- sensée feminine
- sensés masculine plural
- sensées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sensé?
- /sɑ̃.se/
- \sɑ̃.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sensé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sensé in French?
sensé appears 4.8 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).