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seanse.

a séance (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɛˈaŋsə/
  1. a séance (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium)

    masculine
  2. a session, occurrence (an actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening)

    humorous · masculine
    Det var en pinlig seanse.
  3. a séance, ceremony; session (a limited gathering or session with specific content)

    colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

From French séance (“session”), from both séant (“sitting position”), from seoir (“to be situated”), from Middle French seoir (“to be”), from Old French seoir (“to sit”), from earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre (“to sit”), from Proto-Italic *sedēō (“sit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”) + and from -ance, from Middle French -ance, from Old French -ance, from Latin -antia(m), -entia(m), from Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā), -ία (-ía) and -εια (-eia), from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂.

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