"seanse" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

IPA: /sɛˈaŋsə/ Audio: Nb-seanse.ogg Forms: seansen [definite, singular], seanser [indefinite, plural], seansene [definite, plural]
Rhymes: -aŋsə Etymology: 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, present active infinitive of sedeō (“I 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. Etymology templates: {{root|nb|ine-pro|*sed-}}, {{bor|nb|fr|séance||session}} French séance (“session”), {{m|fr|séant||sitting position}} séant (“sitting position”), {{m|fr|seoir||to be situated}} seoir (“to be situated”), {{der|nb|frm|seoir||to be}} Middle French seoir (“to be”), {{der|nb|fro|seoir||to sit}} Old French seoir (“to sit”), {{m|fro|sedeir}} sedeir, {{der|nb|la|sedēre}} Latin sedēre, {{m|la|sedeō||I sit}} sedeō (“I sit”), {{der|nb|itc-pro|*sedēō||sit}} Proto-Italic *sedēō (“sit”), {{der|nb|ine-pro|*sed-||to sit}} Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”), {{m|fr|-ance}} -ance, {{der|nb|frm|-ance}} Middle French -ance, {{der|nb|fro|-ance}} Old French -ance, {{der|nb|la|-antia|-antia(m)}} Latin -antia(m), {{m|la|-entia|-entia(m)}} -entia(m), {{der|nb|grc|-ίᾱ}} Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā), {{m|grc|-ία}} -ία (-ía), {{m|grc|-εια}} -εια (-eia), {{der|nb|ine-pro|*-h₂|*-i-eh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
  1. a séance (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Afterlife
    Sense id: en-seanse-nb-noun-X8U18ax5 Disambiguation of Afterlife: 27 33 40
  2. (humorous) a session, occurrence (an actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening) Tags: humorous, masculine Categories (topical): Afterlife, Death Synonyms: seremoni, opptrinn
    Sense id: en-seanse-nb-noun-BzHcs701 Disambiguation of Afterlife: 27 33 40 Disambiguation of Death: 30 50 20
  3. (colloquial) a séance, ceremony; session (a limited gathering or session with specific content) Tags: colloquial, masculine Categories (topical): Afterlife Synonyms: sammenkomst
    Sense id: en-seanse-nb-noun-ffu~5hv0 Disambiguation of Afterlife: 27 33 40

Inflected forms

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          "english": "in the middle of the session it emerged [that] she meant… that I was brown-haired",
          "ref": "2001, Helene Uri, Dyp rød, page 315",
          "text": "midt i seansen kom det frem [at] hun mente … at jeg var brunhåret",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "at the end of a session [the psychiatrist] asked if she had suicidal thoughts",
          "ref": "2018, Eline Lund Fjæren, Forbruk i september, page 80",
          "text": "på slutten av en seanse spurte [psykiateren] om hun gikk med selvmordstanker",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a séance, ceremony; session (a limited gathering or session with specific content)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "séance",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "ceremony",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "session",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) a séance, ceremony; session (a limited gathering or session with specific content)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sammenkomst"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛˈaŋsə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋsə"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nb-seanse.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/Nb-seanse.ogg/Nb-seanse.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Nb-seanse.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seanse"
}

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