"sapience" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈseɪpiəns/ [General-American], /ˈseɪpjəns/ [General-American], /ˈseɪpɪəns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈseɪpjəns/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: sapiences [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sapience, from Old French sapience, from Latin sapientia. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*seh₁p-}}, {{inh|en|enm|sapience}} Middle English sapience, {{der|en|fro|sapience}} Old French sapience, {{der|en|la|sapientia}} Latin sapientia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} sapience (usually uncountable, plural sapiences)
  1. The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom. Tags: uncountable, usually Coordinate_terms: sentience Translations (Translations): sapiencia [feminine] (Spanish)

Noun [French]

IPA: /sa.pjɑ̃s/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-sapience.wav Forms: sapiences [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French sapience, from Old French sapience, borrowed from Latin sapientia. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|sapience|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French sapience, {{inh+|fr|frm|sapience}} Inherited from Middle French sapience, {{inh|fr|fro|sapience}} Old French sapience, {{bor|fr|la|sapientia}} Latin sapientia Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} sapience f (plural sapiences)
  1. wisdom, sapience Tags: feminine Related terms: savoir
    Sense id: en-sapience-fr-noun-5atHzuU3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˌsaːpiˈɛns(ə)/, /ˈsaːpiɛns(ə)/
Etymology: From Old French sapience, from Latin sapientia. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|sapience}} Old French sapience, {{der|enm|la|sapientia}} Latin sapientia Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} sapience, {{enm-noun|-}} sapience (uncountable)
  1. wisdom, discernment (especially religious) Tags: uncountable
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  2. (One of) the Poetic Books of the Bible. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-sapience-enm-noun-8Mbj6BT0 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sapiens, sapiense, sapyence, sapyens
Categories (other): Thought Disambiguation of Thought: 0 0

Noun [Middle French]

Forms: sapiences [plural]
Etymology: From Old French sapience. Etymology templates: {{inh|frm|fro|sapience}} Old French sapience Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|sapiences||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} sapience f (plural sapiences), {{frm-noun|f}} sapience f (plural sapiences)
  1. wisdom, sapience Tags: feminine
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Noun [Old French]

Forms: sapience oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], sapiences [oblique, plural], sapience [nominative, singular], sapiences [nominative, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sapientia. Etymology templates: {{bor|fro|la|sapientia}} Latin sapientia Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} sapience oblique singular, f (oblique plural sapiences, nominative singular sapience, nominative plural sapiences)
  1. wisdom, sapience
    Sense id: en-sapience-fro-noun-5atHzuU3 Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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