séance

See also seance, and Séance

English

Alternative forms

• seance

Etymology

From French séance (“sitting, session”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈseɪˌɑns/

Noun

séance (plural séances)

1. A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium.

Translations

a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits

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

• Japanese: 神降ろし (ja) (kami oroshi)
• Polish: seans (pl)
• Portuguese: sessão espírita (pt) f
• Russian: сеанс (ru) (seáns) m
• Spanish: sesión espiritista f
• Swedish: seans (sv) c
• Turkish: seans (tr)
• Yiddish: אוב

Anagrams

• acenes
• encase
• scæne
• Seneca

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French

Etymology

séant +‎ -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA: /se.ɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /se.A~s/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophone: séances
• Hyphenation: sé‧ance

Noun

séance f (plural séances)

1. session

Derived terms

• préséance