"percipient" meaning in All languages combined

See percipient on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more percipient [comparative], most percipient [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin percipiēns, present participle of percipiō (“to perceive”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|la|percipiēns}} Latin percipiēns, {{m|la|percipiō||to perceive}} percipiō (“to perceive”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} percipient (comparative more percipient, superlative most percipient)
  1. Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly. Translations (having the ability to perceive): лесно възприемащ (lesno vǎzpriemašt) (Bulgarian), airitheach (Irish), braiteach (Irish), tuisceanach (Irish)
    Sense id: en-percipient-en-adj-6SmZtlno Disambiguation of 'having the ability to perceive': 96 4
  2. (psychology, education, dated) Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, as a very young child. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Education, Psychology
    Sense id: en-percipient-en-adj-fJhynBZ3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 58 20 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 49 18 24 Topics: education, human-sciences, psychology, sciences

Noun [English]

Forms: percipients [plural]
Etymology: From Latin percipiēns, present participle of percipiō (“to perceive”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|la|percipiēns}} Latin percipiēns, {{m|la|percipiō||to perceive}} percipiō (“to perceive”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} percipient (plural percipients)
  1. (philosophy, psychology) One who perceives something. Categories (topical): Philosophy, Psychology Translations (one who perceives something): airitheoir [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-percipient-en-noun-8W8jEumD Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'one who perceives something': 85 15
  2. (parapsychology) One who has perceived a paranormal event. Categories (topical): Parapsychology, People Translations (One who has perceived a paranormal event): percipient (French)
    Sense id: en-percipient-en-noun-5HrwIQdx Disambiguation of People: 1 20 35 44 Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience Disambiguation of 'One who has perceived a paranormal event': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: perceive, perceptive, perceptor

Verb [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} percipient
  1. third-person plural future active indicative of percipiō Tags: active, form-of, future, indicative, plural, third-person Form of: percipiō
    Sense id: en-percipient-la-verb-vO0K8T6f Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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