sensor

See also: Sensor and sensör

English

Etymology

Originated 1925–30, formed as a Latin loanword from sentiō (“to feel”) +‎ -tor (“-er”). By surface analysis, sense +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.sə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.sɚ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Homophones: censer, censor, senser
• Rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ)

Noun

sensor (plural sensors)

1. A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.

Derived terms

• aptasensor
• chemosensor
• crossed loop sensor
• fluorosensor
• geosensor
• glucosensor
• gravisensor
• gyrosensor
• image sensor
• immunosensor
• intersensor
• intrasensor
• magnetosensor
• mechanosensor
• microsensor
• minisensor
• multisensor
• nanosensor
• neurosensor
• osmosensor
• phagosensor
• photosensor
• sensel
• sensor array
• sensorchip
• sensorgram
• sensorization
• sensorless
• sensorlike
• somatosensor
• thermosensor
• xenosensor

 

Related terms

• senser

Descendants

• → Turkish: sensör
• → Polish: sensor

Translations

device or organ that detects certain external stimuli

• Basque: sentsore
• Bulgarian: се́нзор (bg) m (sénzor), датчик m (datčik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳感器／传感器 (zh) (chuángǎnqì)

• Danish: føler c, sensor c
• Esperanto: sensilo
• Estonian: andur (device)
• Finnish: anturi (fi), tunnistin (fi) (device); aistin (fi); tuntoelin (organ), sensori (fi)
• French: détecteur (fr), capteur (fr) m
• German: Sensor (de) m
• Hungarian: érzékelő (hu)
• Irish: braiteoir m
• Italian: sensore (it) m
• Japanese: センサー (ja) (sensā), センサ (ja) (sensa)
• Kazakh: бергіш (bergış)
• Korean: 센서 (senseo)
• Macedonian: сетилник (mk) m (setilnik)
• Maori: paerongo, pūoko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sensor (no) m

  Nynorsk: sensor m

• Polish: sensor (pl) m
• Portuguese: sensor (pt) m
• Romanian: senzor (ro) m (device)
• Russian: се́нсор (ru) m (sɛ́nsor)
• Serbo-Croatian: osjetnik (sh) m (device), osjetilo (sh) n (organ)
• Spanish: sensor (es) m
• Swedish: sensor (sv) c
• Turkish: sensör (tr)
• Ukrainian: се́нсор m (sénsor)

References

• “sensor”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “sensor”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "sensor" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• Ensors, nosers, senors, serons, snores

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English sensor.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sen¹ saa²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sen¹ saa²
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sen¹ saa²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːn⁵⁵ saː³⁵/

Noun

sensor

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) sensor

Synonyms

• (Hong Kong) 感應器／感应器 (gǎnyìngqì)
• (Mainland China) 傳感器／传感器 (chuángǎnqì)
• (Taiwan) 感測器／感测器 (gǎncèqì)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sensor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.zɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sen‧sor
• Rhymes: -ɛnzɔr
• Homophone: censor

Noun

sensor m (plural sensoren or sensors, diminutive sensortje n)

1. sensor [from ca. 1960s]

Derived terms

• bewegingssensor
• warmtesensor

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛnsɔr]
• Hyphenation: sèn‧sor
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Etymology 1

From Dutch censor, from Latin censor.

Noun

sensor or sènsor

1. censor, an official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content.
2. censoring, an act of censorship.

Derived terms

• menyensor
• penyensor
• penyensoran

Etymology 2

From English sensor. Pronunciation influenced by Dutch sensor.

Noun

sensor or sènsor

1. sensor, a device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.

Further reading

• “sensor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin censor.

Noun

sensor m (definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorer, definite plural sensorene)

1. a censor
2. an examiner (education, of exam papers)

Etymology 2

From English sensor.

Noun

sensor m (definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorer, definite plural sensorene)

1. a sensor (device)

References

• “sensor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sensur/

Etymology 1

From Latin censor.

Noun

sensor m (definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorar, definite plural sensorane)

1. a censor
2. an examiner (education, of exam papers)

Etymology 2

From English sensor.

Noun

sensor m (definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorar, definite plural sensorane)

1. a sensor (device)

References

• “sensor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sensor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.sɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɛnsɔr
• Syllabification: sen‧sor

Noun

sensor m inan

1. sensor (automatic warning device, sensitive to changes in certain physical quantities)

   Synonyms: czujka, czujnik, receptor

Declension

Declension of sensor

	singular	plural
nominative	sensor	sensory
genitive	sensora	sensorów
dative	sensorowi	sensorom
accusative	sensor	sensory
instrumental	sensorem	sensorami
locative	sensorze	sensorach
vocative	sensorze	sensory

Derived terms

noun

• biosensor

 

Further reading

• sensor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sensor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈsoʁ/ [sẽˈsoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈsoʁ/ [sẽˈsoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sẽˈsoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sẽˈsoʁ/ [sẽˈsoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈsoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈsoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈsoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈso.ɾi/

• Homophone: censor

Noun

sensor m (plural sensores)

1. sensor (device or organ that detects certain external stimuli)

Related terms

• senso

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /senˈsoɾ/ [sẽnˈsoɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: sen‧sor
• Homophone: (Latin America) censor

Adjective

sensor (feminine sensora, masculine plural sensores, feminine plural sensoras)

1. acting as a sensor

Noun

sensor m (plural sensores)

1. sensor

Related terms

• sensorial
• sensorio

 

Further reading

• “sensor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sensor.

Noun

sensor c

1. a sensor

Declension

Declension of sensor

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sensor	sensors
	definite	sensorn	sensorns
plural	indefinite	sensorer	sensorers
	definite	sensorerna	sensorernas

Related terms

• temperatursensor

See also

• detektor
• givare
• indikator

References

• sensor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sensor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• rosens, senors