sentir

French

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to smell to have a certain odor
  • (transitive) to taste
  • (transitive) to feel (physical perception)
  • (transitive) to smell of, taste of
  • (transitive) to smack of; to indicate, foreshadow
  • (transitive) to have the character, manner, feeling or appearance of; to give a feeling of
  • (transitive) to feel, be aware of, be conscious of
  • (reflexive) to feel (in oneself)
  • (reflexive) to show, be felt (of effect, improvement etc.)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sentir (feel, perceive, smell) inherited from Latin sentīre (feel) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (feel, go, head for, true, being, head).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sent-

Gloss

feel, go, head for, true, being, head

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji

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