censé
See also: cense
French edit
Etymology edit
Past participle of Middle French censer (verb), from Latin cēnseō.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
censé (feminine censée, masculine plural censés, feminine plural censées)
- supposed to, meant to
- Synonym: supposé
- Il est censé être mort de maladie. ― He is supposed to have died from illness.
- Bien qu’il soit censé revenir immédiatement, on ne le revoit plus.
- Though he was meant to return immediately, he was not seen again.
Usage notes edit
- Not to be confused with sensé.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “censere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 579
Further reading edit
- “censé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb edit
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