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/sjɛʒ/
Translation
seat; head office; siege
Word origin
From Old French sege, from Vulgar Latin sedicum, from Latin sedere ('to sit'). English borrowed 'siege' from the same Old French word, where the military sense is that of an army sitting down in front of a town.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- sedere
- English cognates
- siege, sedentary, session
Grammar
Examples
.
He took the seat by the window.
l' Lyon.
The company's head office is in Lyon.
redressez .
Fasten your seatbelt and put your seat upright.
.
The town withstood a six-month siege.
aux .
That party lost twenty seats at the last election.
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