sensorial
English edit
Etymology edit
Either sensorium + -al or sensory + -al. Ultimately from Latin sentiō.
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Adjective edit
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, 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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Translations edit
sensory
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French sensorial.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [sən.su.ɾiˈal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [sən.so.ɾiˈal]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [sen.so.ɾiˈal]
Adjective edit
sensorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensorials)
Synonyms edit
- (pertaining to the senses): sensori
- (pertaining to impressions from foods, chemicals): organolèptic
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Further reading edit
- “sensorial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sensorial m or f (plural sensoriais, comparable, comparative mais sensorial, superlative o mais sensorial or sensorialíssimo)
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Spanish edit
Adjective edit
sensorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensoriales)
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Further reading edit
- “sensorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014