sensorial

English

Etymology

Either sensorium +‎ -al or sensory +‎ -al. Ultimately from Latin sentiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛnˈsɔː.ɹi.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

Adjective

sensorial (comparative more sensorial, superlative most sensorial)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• intersensorial
• multisensorial
• neurosensorial
• psychosensorial
• sensorially
• somatosensorial
• viscerosensorial

 

Translations

sensory

• Afrikaans: sensories
• Catalan: sensorial (ca)
• Ido: sensala (io)
• Italian: sensoriale (it)
• Spanish: sensorial (es)
• Turkish: duyusal (tr), duyumsal (tr)

Anagrams

• lions' ears, siloranes, Israelson, rose nails

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sensorial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sən.su.ɾiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sən.so.ɾiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sen.so.ɾiˈal]

Adjective

sensorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensorials)

1. sensory

Synonyms

• (pertaining to the senses): sensori
• (pertaining to impressions from foods, chemicals): organolèptic

Related terms

• sensor
• sentit

Further reading

• “sensorial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽ.so.ɾiˈaw/ [sẽ.so.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /sẽ.soˈɾjaw/ [sẽ.soˈɾjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.suˈɾjal/ [sẽ.suˈɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.suˈɾjal/ [sẽ.suˈɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.suˈɾja.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: sen‧so‧ri‧al

Adjective

sensorial m or f (plural sensoriais, comparable, comparative mais sensorial, superlative o mais sensorial or sensorialíssimo)

1. (relational) sensation, sense; sensorial; sensory

Derived terms

• sensorialmente

Spanish

Adjective

sensorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensoriales)

1. sensory

   Synonym: sensorio

Derived terms

• sensorialmente

 

Further reading

• “sensorial”, 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