sense

A. n

• 1 (faculty, ability) sens (m) a sense of humour/direction = le sens de l'humour/de l'orientation 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 lose all sense of time = perdre toute notion du temps

• 2 (feeling) a sense of identity = un sentiment d'identité a sense of purpose = le sentiment d'avoir un but

• 3(common) sense = bon sens (m) to have the sense to do = avoir le bon sens de faire

• 4 (meaning) sens (m) (reason) there's no sense in doing = cela ne sert à rien de faire to make sense of sth = comprendre qch I can't make sense of this article = je ne comprends rien à cet article to make sense [sentence, film] = avoir un sens

B. n pl

• to come to one's senses = revenir à la raison

C. vtr

• 1 deviner (that que) to sense danger = sentir un danger

• 2 [machine] détecter