sensible — French False Friend
This French word will get you in trouble
French
False friends
Transcript
This French word does not mean what you think.
sensible looks like it means "sensible (reasonable, practical)".
But it actually means sensitive (easily affected emotionally or physically).
If you want to say "sensible (reasonable, practical)" in French, you say raisonnable / sensé.
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