sapient
A wise person; a sageA wise person; a sage.
» On this planet, the mushrooms are sapient.
Auf diesem Planeten sind die Pilze eine intelligente Lebensform. — brauchinet · CC BY 2.0 FR
shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0Meaning
3 sensesA wise person; a sage.
(broadly)An intelligent, self-aware being.
A human being of the species Homo sapiens.
Examples
2 sentencesOn this planet, the mushrooms are sapient.
deAuf diesem Planeten sind die Pilze eine intelligente Lebensform. — brauchinet · CC BY 2.0 FR
Sapient beings are far more advanced than humans.
ruРазумные существа значительно более развиты, чем люди. — corvard
Origin
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English sapient (“learned, wise”), from Old FrenThe adjective is derived from Late Middle English sapient (“learned, wise”), from Old French sapient, or from its etymon Latin sapient-, a stem of sapiēns (“(adjective) discerning, judicious, wise; (noun) wise man, sage”), the present active participle of sapiō (“to have a flavour of, taste like; (figurative) to have good taste; to have discernment or sense; to be prudent, sensible, or wise”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p-, *sep- (“to taste; to try out”). Doublet of savant.
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