sensual

• sensuall (obsolete)

From Late Latin sensualis (“endowed with feeling, sensual”), from Latin sensus (“feeling, sense”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnsjuːəl/, /ˈsɛnʃuːəl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.ʃu.əl/

sensual (comparative more sensual, superlative most sensual)

1. Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.

   That massage was a very sensual experience!

2. Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.

   Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.

3. Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.

• sensualise, sensualize
• sensually
• supersensual

• sense
• sensible
• sensuous

• sensual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sensual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• sensual at OneLook Dictionary Search

• unseals

From Latin sensualis.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /sən.suˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sen.suˈal/
• Rhymes: -al

sensual (masculine and feminine plural sensuals)

1. sensual

• sensualitat

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

Learned borrowing from Late Latin sēnsuālis, from Latin sēnsus.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Homophone: censual
• Hyphenation: sen‧su‧al

sensual m or f (plural sensuais, comparable, comparative mais sensual, superlative o mais sensual or sensualíssimo)

1. sexually attractive; sexy

• sensualmente

• sensualidade

From Latin sensualis.

• IPA^(key): /senˈswal/ [sẽnˈswal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: sen‧sual

sensual (plural sensuales)

1. sensual

• sensualismo
• sensualista
• sensualmente

• sensualidad

• “sensual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014