"sensual" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɛnsjuːəl/ [UK], /ˈsɛnʃuːəl/ [UK], /ˈsɛn.ʃu.əl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sensual.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more sensual [comparative], most sensual [superlative]
Etymology: From Late Latin sensualis (“endowed with feeling, sensual”), from Latin sensus (“feeling, sense”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sent- (feel)|*-tus}}, {{uder|en|LL.|sensualis||endowed with feeling, sensual}} Late Latin sensualis (“endowed with feeling, sensual”), {{der|en|la|sensus||feeling, sense}} Latin sensus (“feeling, sense”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} sensual (comparative more sensual, superlative most sensual)
  1. Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations. Translations (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations): чувствен (čuvstven) (Bulgarian), сладострастен (sladostrasten) (Bulgarian), sensual (Catalan), smyslný (Czech), sensuel (Danish), sensuelli (Finnish), aistillinen (Finnish), sensual (Galician), sinnlich (German), lustvoll (German), sensual (Indonesian), sensuale (Italian), 官能的 (kannōteki) (alt: かんのうてき) (Japanese), oni (Maori), feòlmhor (Scottish Gaelic), collaidh (Scottish Gaelic), sȅnzūalan (Serbo-Croatian), pȕten (Serbo-Croatian), čȗlan (Serbo-Croatian), sensual (Spanish), sensuell (Swedish), vällustig (Swedish), sensüel (Turkish), xác thịt (Vietnamese), nhục dục (Vietnamese), cnawdol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sensual-en-adj-dYarPJUS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 12 8 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 70 18 12 Disambiguation of 'inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations': 98 1 1
  2. Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.
    Sense id: en-sensual-en-adj-3GhLuEHC
  3. Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.
    Sense id: en-sensual-en-adj-NAvXhdh6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sensuall [obsolete] Derived forms: sensual play, sensualise, sensualize, sensually, supersensual Related terms: sense, sensible, sensuous

Alternative forms

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