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insensible

Pronunciation: /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.sibl/

“insensible” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. insensible
  2. impervious
  3. unperceivable, imperceptible

In French

  1. Qui n’éprouve pas de sensations.
  2. Qui n’a pas de sentiment ou le sentiment attendu.
  3. Impassible.
  4. Imperceptible; qu’on n’aperçoit ou qui n’est connu que difficilement par les sens, ou même dont on ne peut s’apercevoir.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.

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