sensorial
English
Etymology
Either sensorium + -al or sensory + -al. Ultimately from Latin sentiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛnˈsɔː.ɹi.əl/
Adjective
sensorial (comparative more sensorial, superlative most sensorial)
- Of or pertaining to sensation or the senses; sensory.
- 1995, Kristine Ibsen, “On Recipes, Reading and Revolution: Postboom Parody in Como agua para chocolate”, in Hispanic Review, volume 63, number 2, JSTOR 474551, page 138:
- Esquivel invites the reader to re-assess conventional approaches to literature and to experience the pleasure, through flagrant sight-gags, such as when Tita drops the apricots on Pedro’s head (38), and, especially, through the sensorial stimuli—the scents, tastes, colors and textures—induced by food.
- 1998 June 1, John Maeda, “The South Face of the Mountain”, in MIT Technology Review:
- Five years ago, I began to create a mixture of print/digital work that emerged as a popular series called “Reactive Books.” In this endeavor, I focused on developing not just “interactive” media, but “reactive” media, where the interaction hits at a more sensorial level.
- 2017, J. F. Lewis, “Royal Contingencies”, in Oathkeeper:
- Combined with the scent of stale air inside the tent and the snores of another person nearby, the sensorial collage conjured memories of brighter days camping with his father the king… even hunting trips with his younger brother before Dolvek had become so insufferable.
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Derived terms
- intersensorial
- multisensorial
- neurosensorial
- psychosensorial
- sensorially
- somatosensorial
- viscerosensorial
Translations
sensory
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Anagrams
- lions' ears, rose nails
Catalan
Etymology
From Old French sensorial.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /sən.so.ɾiˈal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /sən.su.ɾiˈal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /sen.so.ɾiˈal/
Adjective
sensorial (masculine and feminine plural sensorials)
- sensory
Synonyms
- (pertaining to the senses): sensori
- (pertaining to impressions from foods, chemicals): organolèptic
Related terms
- sensor
- sentit
Further reading
- “sensorial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽ.so.ɾiˈaw/ [sẽ.so.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /sẽ.soˈɾjaw/ [sẽ.soˈɾjaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.suˈɾjal/ [sẽ.suˈɾjaɫ]
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: sen‧so‧ri‧al
Adjective
sensorial m or f (plural sensoriais, comparable, comparative maissensorial, superlative o maissensorial or sensorialíssimo)
- (relational) sensation, sense; sensorial; sensory
Derived terms
- sensorialmente
Spanish
Adjective
sensorial (plural sensoriales)
- sensory
- Synonym: sensorio
Derived terms
- sensorialmente
Further reading
- “sensorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014