sense organ in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sense organ in the English»French Dictionary

sense organ N

sense organ

organe m sensoriel

the sense organs

les organes des sens

Translations for sense organ in the French»English Dictionary

organe sensoriel

sense organ

Translations for sense organ in the English»French Dictionary

I.sense [Brit sɛns, Am sɛns] N

1. sense (faculty):

sense

sens m

sense of hearing

ouïe f

sense of sight

vue f

sense of smell

odorat m

sense of taste

goût m

sense of touch

toucher m

to dull/sharpen the senses

émousser/aiguiser les sens

2. sense (ability to appreciate) fig:

a sense of

le sens de

a sense of direction/of rhythm

le sens de l'orientation/du rythme

a writer with a sense of history/the absurd

un écrivain doué du sens de l'histoire/l'absurde

to have no sense of style/decency

n'avoir aucun style/aucune notion de la décence

to lose all sense of time

perdre toute notion du temps

3. sense (feeling):

a sense of guilt, security, failure, identity

un sentiment de

his sense of having failed/being excluded

son sentiment d'avoir échoué/d'être exclu

he had the sense that something was wrong/that he had forgotten something

il avait le sentiment que quelque chose n'allait pas/d'avoir oublié quelque chose

a sense of purpose

le sentiment d'avoir un but

the town has a great sense of community

la ville a un grand sens de la communauté

4. sense (practical quality):

sense

bon sens m

to have the (good) sense to do

avoir le bon sens de faire

to have more sense than to do

avoir suffisamment de bon sens pour ne pas faire

5. sense (reason):

there's no sense in doing

cela ne sert à rien de faire

what's the sense in getting angry/leaving now?

à quoi sert de se fâcher/partir maintenant?

to make sense of sth

comprendre qc

I can't make sense of this article/this sentence

je ne comprends rien à cet article/cette phrase

it makes sense to do

c'est une bonne idée de faire

it makes good business sense to employ an accountant

ce serait profitable d'employer un comptable

to make sense sentence, film, theory:

avoir un sens

not to make any sense sentence, film, theory:

n'avoir aucun sens

what he said didn't make much sense to me

ce qu'il a dit ne m'a pas semblé très logique

6. sense (meaning) (gen) LING:

sense

sens m

in the literal/strict sense (of the word)

au sens littéral/strict (du mot)

in all senses or in every sense of the word

dans tous les sens du mot

in the sense that …

en ce sens que …

he is in a or one or some sense right to complain, but …

dans un certain sens il a raison de se plaindre, mais …

they are in no sense democratic

ils ne sont en aucune manière démocratiques

7. sense (opinion):

sense form

opinion f (générale)

II.senses N

senses npl (sanity):

senses

raison f

to bring sb to his senses

ramener qn à la raison

to come to one's senses

revenir à la raison

to take leave of one's senses

perdre la raison or l'esprit

III.sense [Brit sɛns, Am sɛns] VB trans

1. sense (be aware of):

sense

deviner (that que)

he sensed her uneasiness/her anger/her sorrow

il devinait son malaise/sa colère/son chagrin

to sense where/how etc

deviner où/comment etc

to sense danger/hostility

sentir un danger/de l'hostilité

to sense sb or sb's presence

sentir la présence de qn

2. sense (detect) machine:

sense heat, light

détecter

3. sense COMPUT:

sense (detect) location

détecter

sense (read) data

lire

IV.sense [Brit sɛns, Am sɛns]

to knock or hammer or pound Am some sense into sb

ramener qn à la raison

to see sense

entendre raison

to talk sense

dire des choses sensées

organ [Brit ˈɔːɡ(ə)n, Am ˈɔrɡən] N

1. organ:

organ BOT, ANAT

organe m

to donate an organ

donner un organe

donor organ , transplant organ (sought)

don m d'organe

donor organ , transplant organ (transplanted)

transplant m

male organ

membre m viril

reproductive/sexual organs

organes reproducteurs/génitaux

vital organ

organe vital

organs of speech

organes de la parole

2. organ:

organ, a. pipe organ MUS

orgue m

on the organ

à l'orgue

to play the organ

jouer de l'orgue

to play the organ (as job)

tenir l'orgue

church/cinema organ

orgue d'église/de cinéma

electric/electronic organ

orgue électrique/électronique

electric/electronic organ attr music, composition

pour orgue

electric/electronic organ component

d'orgue

3. organ (publication, organization):

organ fig

organe m (of de)

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Translations for sense organ in the English»French Dictionary

sense organ N

sense organ

organe m sensitif

Translations for sense organ in the English»French Dictionary

I.sense [sen(t)s] N

1. sense MED, BIOL:

sense

sens m

the sense of smell

l'odorat m

the sense of taste

le goût

the sense of touch

le toucher

the sense of hearing

l'ouïe f

the sense of sight

la vue

2. sense (common sense):

sense

sens m

3. sense pl (good judgment):

sense

raison f

to bring sb to his/her senses

ramener qn à la raison

4. sense (meaning):

sense

sens m

5. sense (way):

sense

sens m

in every sense

dans tous les sens

in a sense

dans un certain sens

Phrases:

there's no sense in doing sth

ça n'a aucun sens de faire qc

what's the sense in doing sth?

à quoi cela sert-il de faire qc ?

sth doesn't make (any) sense

qc ne rime à rien

to make (good) sense

se tenir

he talks sense

ce qu'il dit se tient

II.sense [sen(t)s] VB trans

sense

sentir

organ [ˈɔr·gən] N

1. organ MUS:

organ

orgue f

2. organ (body part):

organ

organe m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The eighteen dhtus can be arranged into six triads, where each triad is composed of a sense object, a sense organ, and sense consciousness.

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On the other hand, very small intramuscular events are monitored as well, thanks to the extreme sensitivity of the sense organ.

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In 1971, a new sense organ was discovered in this marine snail.

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As a conscious sense organ, the eye allows vision.

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Next to the mouth they have a unique sense organ, the vestibulum.

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This organ is the sense organ involved in the flehmen response in mammals.

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All the systems -- sensory, nervous, muscular -- have to be in place together, or else there is no sense in having a sense organ.

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Some scutes contain a single pore known as an integumentary sense organ.

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As a conscious sense organ, the mammalian eye allows vision.

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They use a lateral line sense organ for finding prey.

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