sensor
Portuguese, noun/sẽˈsoʁ/
sensor is spelled S-E-N-S-O-R (6 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,197th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sensor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sensor (device or organ that detects certain external stimuli)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dispositivo elétrico, eletrônico, mecânico ou biológico capaz de responder a estímulos de natureza física…”.
What does sensor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesensor (device or organ that detects certain external stimuli)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dispositivo elétrico, eletrônico, mecânico ou biológico capaz de responder a estímulos de natureza física (temperatura, pressão, umidade, velocidade, aceleração, luminosidade e etc.); utilizado em sistemas de controle e monitoramento
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sensor
- sensores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sensor?
- Brazil /sẽˈsoʁ/
- Brazil [sẽˈsoh]
- /sẽˈsoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sensor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sensor in Portuguese?
sensor appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).