saison

See also: Saison and saîson

English

Etymology

French saison (“season”). Doublet of season.

Noun

saison (plural saisons)

A kind of highly carbonated pale ale.

Anagrams

Ossian, Sianos

French

Etymology

From Old French saison, seson, seison, inherited from Latin satiō, satiōnem (“sowing, planting”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛ.zɔ̃/
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Noun

saison f (plural saisons)

season (one of the four parts of the year in temperate regions: winter, spring, summer and autumn)
season (a certain time of the year, when something in particular happens)
La saison de ski ― The skiing season

La saison des fraises ― Strawberry season
(sports) season (the time of the year when teams compete)

Derived terms

See also

Seasons in French · saisons (layout · text)
printemps (“spring”)	été (“summer”)	automne (“autumn”)	hiver (“winter”)

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

saison (plural saisones)

season

Related terms

saisonal

Old French

Alternative forms

seson
sesson

Etymology

From Latin satiōnem, accusative singular of satiō.

Noun

saison f (oblique plural saisons, nominative singular saison, nominative plural saisons)

season (one of the four parts of the year: winter, spring, summer and autumn)

Coordinate terms

Descendants

English: season (borrowed)
French: saison

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (saison, supplement)

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