sensitive

English

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Adjective

sensitive (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive sensitive

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Superlative {{{2}}}

1. Responsive to stimuli.
2. Of a person, easily offended, upset or hurt.

   My friend Max is very sensitive, he cried today because of the bad news.

3. Accurate (instrument)

Derived terms

• sensitively
• sensitiveness
• sensitivity

Related terms

• sense

Translations

responsive to stimuli

Finnish: herkkä fi(fi), altis fi(fi) German: empfindlich de(de), sensibel de(de) Greek: ευαίσθητος el(el) m. (evaísthitos) Hungarian: érzékeny hu(hu)

Japanese: 敏感な ja(ja) (binkan na) Russian: чувствительный (čuvstvít'el’nyj), чуткий (čútkij), восприимчивый (vospriímčivyj) Spanish: sensible es(es), sensitivo es(es)

of a person

Czech: citlivý cs(cs) m. Finnish: herkkä, herkkätunteinen German: empfindlich de(de), sensibel de(de) Greek: ευαίσθητος el(el) m. (evaísthitos)

Hungarian: érzékeny hu(hu) Japanese: 敏感な ja(ja) (binkan na) Russian: чувствительный (čuvstvít'el’nyj), ранимый (ranímyj) Spanish: sensible es(es), susceptible es(es)

of an instrument

Czech: citlivý cs(cs) m. Finnish: herkkä fi(fi) Greek: ευαίσθητος el(el) m. (evaísthitos) Hungarian: érzékeny hu(hu)

Japanese: 繊細な ja(ja) (sensai na) Russian: чувствительный (čuvstvít'el’nyj), точный (tóčnyj) Spanish: sensible es(es)

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Arabic: حساس (ħassās) Chinese: 敏感 (mǐngǎn) Dutch: gevoelig French: sensible (1) Italian: sensibile

Korean: 민감한 (min-gamhan) Portuguese: sensível Swedish: känslig (1,2) Turkish: duyarlı, hassas

See also

• tender

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɑ̃.si.tiv/, SAMPA: /sA~.si.tiv/

Adjective

sensitive

1. The feminine form of sensitif
2. Sensible (this is a false friend (faux amis))

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Italian

Adjective

sensitive f.

1. Feminine plural form of sensitivo

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