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sensibil
sensitive /senˈsibil/
adjective#2720 most common
Also: touchy (emotionally), delicate (to touch/damage), noticeably/appreciably (adverbial use, of a change in degree)
Example sentences
Copilul este foarte sensibil.
The child is very sensitive.
Ea are pielea sensibilă la soare.
She has skin that is sensitive to the sun.
Acesta este un subiect sensibil pentru mulți oameni.
This is a sensitive topic for many people.
Datele sensibile ale utilizatorilor trebuie protejate prin lege.
Users' sensitive data must be protected by law.
A fost un negociator sensibil la nevoile celeilalte părți.
He was a negotiator attentive to the other side's needs.
Instrumentul este atât de sensibil încât detectează cele mai mici variații de temperatură.
The instrument is so sensitive that it detects the smallest temperature variations.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sensibil (m) / sensibilă (f) | sensibili (m) / sensibile (f) |
| Genitive | sensibil (m) / sensibile (f) | sensibili (m) / sensibile (f) |
| Accusative | sensibil (m) / sensibilă (f) | sensibili (m) / sensibile (f) |
| Vocative | sensibil (m) / sensibilă (f) | sensibili (m) / sensibile (f) |
Word family
sensibilitatesensitivity
sensibilizato sensitize, to raise awareness
insensibilinsensitive, numb
sensibilizareawareness-raising, sensitization
Etymology
Sensibil entered Romanian through French sensible, itself from Latin sensibilis, an adjective built on sentire, "to feel" or "to perceive." The root carries the core idea of physical or emotional feeling, and the suffix marks capacity: able to feel or be felt. Romanian kept the learned, French-mediated form rather than developing it from spoken Latin, which is why it sits alongside older native words for the same root idea.
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