| Principales traductions |
| sensitive adj | (skin: delicate) (peau) | sensible adj |
| | | délicat adj |
| | My neck is sensitive and gets irritated easily. |
| | J'ai le cou sensible : il devient facilement irrité. |
| | Ma peau est très délicate et mon cou s'irrite facilement. |
| sensitive adj | ([sb]: easily upset) (personne) | sensible adj |
| | (qui se vexe) | susceptible adj |
| | Don't be too mean to her. She is sensitive. |
| | Sois gentil avec elle ; elle est très sensible. |
| sensitive adj | (responsive to agents) (réactif) | sensible adj |
| | A life-long asthmatic, he is sensitive to smoke. |
| | Ayant souffert d'asthme toute sa vie, il était sensible à la fumée de cigarette. |
| sensitive (to [sth]) adj | (instrument: detects small changes) (instrument) | sensible adj |
| | The sensitive instruments record small changes in temperature. |
| | Ces capteurs sont très sensibles et ils enregistrent le moindre changement de température. |
| sensitive adj | figurative (subject: delicate) | délicat adj |
| | Her divorce is still a sensitive subject, so please be careful what you say. |
| | Son divorce reste un sujet délicat, fais attention à ce que tu dis. |
| sensitive adj | figurative (information: classified) (renseignement) | sensible adj |
| | This is sensitive information, so be careful whom you tell. |
| | C'est une information très sensible, ne la divulgue pas. |
Formes composées
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case-sensitive,
case sensitive adj | (recognises small and capital letters) (Informatique) | sensible à la casse adj |
| Note: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | CAPTCHA text recognition tests are often case-sensitive. |
| | Most computer or network passwords are case sensitive. |
| heat-sensitive adj | (responding to heat) | thermosensible adj |
| | | sensible à la chaleur loc adj |
nonsensitive,
non-sensitive adj | (information: not confidential) | non sensible adj |
over sensitive,
over-sensitive adj | (reacting too personally) | susceptible adj |
| Note: hyphen used when adj comes before the noun it modifies |
| | Don't be so over-sensitive - I was only joking! |
| | Ne sois pas si susceptible, ce n'était qu'une blague ! |
| | | très sensible, trop sensible adv + adj |
| | Tu es trop sensible, ce n'était qu'une blague ! |
| politically sensitive adj | (needing diplomacy) | sensible sur le plan politique, délicat sur le plan politique loc adj |
| | | politiquement sensible loc adj |
| | The subject of human rights is politically sensitive in that country. |
| | Le sujet des droits de l'Homme est un sujet sensible sur le plan politique dans ce pays. |
| sensitive area n | figurative (emotive topic) | point sensible nm |
| | My mum no longer asks me about boyfriends because she knows it's a sensitive area. |
| | Ma mère ne me questionne plus sur mes petits-amis parce qu'elle sait que c'est un point sensible. |
| | | question sensible nf |
| | | terrain sensible nm |
| sensitive area n | (area of body easily affected by stimuli) | zone sensible nf |
| | The tips of the fingers are the most sensitive area of the human body. |
| sensitive data n | (confidential information) | données sensibles nfpl |
| | This document contains sensitive data. |
sensitive plant,
humble plant n | (plant) (plante) | mimosa pudique nf |
| sensitive to prep | (easily affected by) | sensible à adj + prép |
| | Be gentle with her - she's rather sensitive to criticism about her cooking. |
| | He is extremely sensitive to light. |
| | (sensible à la critique) | susceptible adj |
| | Allez-y doucement en parlant de sa cuisine, elle est assez susceptible sur ce point. |
| sensitive to prep | (receptive to) | sensible à adj + prép |
| | She'd make a great kindergarten teacher because she's so sensitive to the needs of others. |
| | | attentif à adj + prép |
| | Elle ferait une institutrice de maternelle parfaite parce qu'elle est très attentive aux besoins des autres. |
| sensitive to the cold adj | (quick to feel cold) | frileux, frileuse adj |
| | Alessandro is very sensitive to the cold so he always wears a pullover. |
| sensitive to the cold adj | (affected by the cold) | sensible au froid loc adj |
| | | craindre le froid loc v |
| | Those plants are sensitive to the cold: you should take them inside when it gets chilly. |
| | Ces plantes sont sensibles au froid (or: craignent le froid) : il faut donc les rentrer quand le temps commence à se rafraîchir. |
| sensitive trade data n | (confidential business information) | données sensibles nfpl |
| | | informations professionnelles confidentielles nfpl |
| | Access to sensitive trade data is limited to certain employees only. |
| | On le suspecte d'avoir divulgué des données sensibles. |
time sensitive,
time-sensitive adj | (urgent, critical) | urgent adj |
| | Time-sensitive treatment is needed for heart attacks. |
| touch-sensitive adj | (device: responds to touch) | tactile adj |