five senses

noun

The five major senses in most animals: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

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Meanings

nounthe five senses pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe five major senses in most animals: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

Translations

Ancient Greek πέντε αἰσθήσεις
  • πέντε αἰσθήσεις (pénte aisthḗseis)sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Arabic ٱَلْحَوَاسُّ ٱلْخَمْسُ
  • ٱَلْحَوَاسُّ ٱلْخَمْسُ (l-ḥawāssu l-ḵamsu)sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Chinese Mandarin 五感, 五官感覺 /五官感觉
  • 五感 (wǔgǎn)sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
  • 五官感覺 /五官感觉 (wǔguān gǎnjué)sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Czech pět smyslů
  • pět smyslůsight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Finnish viisi aistia
  • viisi aistiasight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
French cinq sens
  • cinq senssight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
German fünf Sinne
  • fünf Sinnesight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Greek πέντε αισθήσεις
  • πέντε αισθήσεις (pénte aisthíseis)sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Hebrew חמשת החושים
  • חמשת החושים (khaméshet hakhushím)sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Hungarian öt érzék
  • öt érzéksight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Indonesian pancaindra
  • pancaindrasight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Irish na cúig céadfaí
  • na cúig céadfaísight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Italian cinque sensi
  • cinque sensisight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Japanese 五感
  • 五感 (gokan)sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Korean 오감
  • 오감 (ogam)sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Malay pancaindera
  • pancainderasight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Polish pięć zmysłów
  • pięć zmysłówsight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Portuguese cinco sentidos
  • cinco sentidossight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Spanish cinco sentidos
  • cinco sentidossight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Vietnamese ngũ giác, năm giác quan
  • ngũ giácsight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
  • năm giác quansight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Cite this entry
APA

five senses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/five%20senses

MLA

“five senses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/five%20senses. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “five senses,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/five%20senses.

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