censé

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See also: cense

French

Etymology

Past participle of Middle French censer (verb), from Latin cēnseō.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

censé (feminine censée, masculine plural censés, feminine plural censées)

  1. supposed to, meant to
    Synonym: supposé
    Il est censé être mort de maladie.He is supposed to have died from illness.
    Bien qu’il soit censé revenir immédiatement, on ne le revoit plus.
    Though he was meant to return immediately, he was not seen again.

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with sensé.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “censere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 579

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Verb

censé

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of censar