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Meaning of Sapient | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈseɪ.pi.ənt

Definitions

  1. A wise person; a sage.
  2. An intelligent, self-aware being.
    broadly
  3. A human being of the species Homo sapiens.

Equivalents

العربية عاقل
Български мъдър разумен
Bosanski vis
Dansk vis
Ελληνικά σοφός
Español sapiente
فارسی فرزانه
Hrvatski vis
Português sapiente
Русский разумный
Српски vis
Українська розу́мний

Examples

“"She canna do that," said another sapient of the same profession— […]”
“Every since Trausti had shown him the X-rays, Leif had a theory that Halla Dannto was of non-Earth origin. It seemed to him a possibility that the Cold War Corps of March might have contacted hitherto unknown sapients on some just discovered interstellar planet, and were using them in the cold war against the Jacks.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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