seance

See also: séance and Séance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French séance.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪˌɑns/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːns

Noun

seance (plural seances)

1. Alternative spelling of séance.
   • 2021, Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth, William Heinemann, page 139:

     Even when she doesn’t host a seance for months (to appease her husband), they’re always waiting, trying to get her attention.

Translations

séance — see séance

Verb

seance (third-person singular simple present seances, present participle seancing, simple past and past participle seanced)

1. Alternative spelling of séance.

Anagrams

• Neaces, Seneca, acenes, censae, encase, scenae, scæne