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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From sens + -é.
Adjective
sensé (feminine sensée, masculine plural sensés, feminine plural sensées)
- sensible, rational
- Antonym: insensé
1837, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XIX, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume II, Paris: J-J Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, , →OCLC:[D]u jour où Basile a su que la belle Quitéria épousait Camache le Riche, on ne l’a plus vu rire, on ne l’a plus entendu tenir un propos sensé.- From the day when Basilio learned that the beautiful Quiteria would marry Camacho the Rich, you didn't see him laughing anymore, you didn't hear him make a sensible remark.
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Etymology 2
Adjective
sensé (feminine sensée, masculine plural sensés, feminine plural sensées)
- Misspelling of censé.
Spanish
Verb
sensé
- first-person singular preterite indicative of sensar