English-French translations for sensitive

• sensible
  Par conséquent, ces zones sensibles doivent être sensibles. These sensitive areas must therefore be sensitive.
  La médecine est un thème très sensible, la santé des citoyens est un thème très sensible. Doctors are a sensitive issue, human health is a very sensitive issue.
  L'eau constitue un domaine extrêmement sensible. Water is an extremely sensitive subject.
• délicat
  - Il s’agit d’une question très délicate. This is a very sensitive issue.
  Ce sont des questions très délicates. These are very sensitive issues.
  Il s'agit en effet d'une question politique extrêmement délicate. It is a very sensitive political issue.
• herkkä) sensible
• kivulias) douloureux
• pistelevä) épineux
• susceptible
  Peut-être pourriez-vous nous dire dans quel délai la Commission est susceptible de prendre une décision en la matière? Mrs Kestelijn-Sierens, we are aware that this is a very sensitive issue.
  Peut-être que nous, Autrichiens, sommes un peu susceptibles vis-à-vis des propositions allemandes. Perhaps we Austrians are rather sensitive to German proposals in this area.
  Tous deux sont susceptibles de perturber le fragile équilibre écologique d'environnements marins sensibles. Both may disturb the fragile ecological balance of sensitive marine environments.
• tendre

Definition of sensitive

• Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
• Responsive to stimuli
• Capable of offending, upsetting or hurting
• Meant to be concealed or kept secret
• Accurate; able to register small changes in some property
• A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive

Examples

• Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news
• Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates
• These are highly sensitive documents

Related words

• hypersensitive
• oversensitive
• insensitive
• photosensitive
• radiosensitive
• sensitively
• insensitively
• oversensitiveness
• context-sensitive