séance

See also: seance and Séance

English

Alternative forms

seance

Etymology

From French séance (“sitting, session”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪˌɑns/

Noun

séance (plural séances)

A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium.
(dated) The sitting of an assembly to discuss a matter.

Translations

a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits

Chinese: 降神会 (jiàngshén huì)
Dutch: seance (nl) m or f
Finnish: spiritismisessio
French: séance de spiritisme (fr) f
German: Séance (de) f
Hebrew: העלאה באוב‎ f
Hungarian: szeánsz (hu)
Icelandic: miðilsfundur m
Italian: seduta spiritica f

Japanese: 神降ろし (kami oroshi)
Maori: kauwhata
Polish: seans (pl)
Portuguese: sessão espírita f
Russian: сеа́нс (ru) m (seáns)
Spanish: sesión espiritista f
Swedish: seans (sv) c
Turkish: seans (tr)
Yiddish: אוב‎ (ub)

Anagrams

Neaces, Seneca, acenes, encase, scenae, scæne

French

Etymology

séant +‎ -ance, possibly corresponding to Latin sedentia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /se.ɑ̃s/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Homophone: séances
Hyphenation: sé‧ance
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

séance f (plural séances)

session

Derived terms

préséance

Further reading

“séance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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