Meaning

1 senses

  1. A human being (Homo sapiens).

Examples

8 sentences

  1. Tom and Mary are homo sapiens.

    ruТом и Мэри - гомо сапиенс. — marafon

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  2. It's homo sapiens, not hetero sapiens.

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  3. Tom and Mary are Homo Sapiens.

    deTom und Maria sind Homines sapientes. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Didn't you get the Homo Sapiens update?

    deHast du das Homo-Sapiens-Update nicht gekriegt? — Vortarulo

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  5. It is known that Homo neanderthalensis had a bigger brain than Homo sapiens.

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Origin

From translingual Homo sapiens, from Latin sapiēns, present active participle of sapiō (“d

From translingual Homo sapiens, from Latin sapiēns, present active participle of sapiō (“discern, be capable of discerning”).

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Forms

plural: sapiens / sapientes
Singularsapiens
Pluralsapiens / sapientes

irregular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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