How is the word sens translated from French to English

English translation
Sense
noun

La faculté de sentir, voir, entendre ou flairer.

The ability to feel, see, hear or smell.

Examples with “sens”

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  • Les chiens ont un odorat très fin. — Dogs have a sharp sense of smell.

  • Dans quelle acception l'entends-tu ? — In what sense do you mean it?

  • Dans le noir, la chauve-souris se guide par le sens de l'ouïe. — In the dark a bat is guided by its sense of hearing.

  • Le mot a une seconde acception en droit. — The word has a second sense in law.

  • Quel sens aimerais-tu le moins perdre ? — Which sense would you least like to lose?

  • Il a employé l'expression dans son acception littérale. — He used the phrase in its literal sense.

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