sedan

See also: Sedan, Sədan, sedán, and sedän

English

Etymology 1

The sense of "windowed chair" was first used by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634, possibly from a southern Italian dialect of Italian sede (“seat”), from Latin sedes. The "motorcar" sense was first recorded in 1912 in North America.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈdæn/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

sedan (plural sedans)

1. An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.
   • 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Country Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), pages 222–223:

     The People who had often heard of me, were very curious to croud about the Sedan, and the Girl was complaiſant enough to make the Bearers ſtop, and to take me in her Hand that I might be conveniently ſeen.

2. (US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space.
   • 1986 May, Jack Keebler, U.S. Family Sedans - traditional technology takes on state of the art, Popular Science, page 24,

     What we are observing in this sedan square-off is the cumulative effect of modern design technology on the family sedan.

   • 1996, Dennis Adler, Fifties Flashback: The American Car, published 2004, page 22:

     In addition there was a companion four-door sedan, mounted on the C- 38 Series 121.5-inch platform and equipped with the 1 14-horsepower L-head six.

   • 2005, Dennis W. Parks, American Hot Rod: How to Build a Hot Rod with Boyd Coddington, page 115:

     The 1929 Model A Tudor sedan on these pages will receive a mild top chop of 3 inches, combined with the installation of a rear delivery door and a filled roof.

Synonyms

• (chair carried by porters): litter, sedan chair
• (body style of a car): saloon (UK)

Derived terms

• sedanlike
• station sedan

Translations

enclosed chair carried by porters

• Bulgarian: носилка f (nosilka), паланкин m (palankin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轎子／轿子 (zh) (jiàozi), 轎／轿 (zh) (jiào), 輿／舆 (zh) (yú)

• Finnish: kantotuoli (fi)
• French: palanquin (fr) m
• German: Sänfte (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: φορεῖον n (phoreîon)

• Japanese: 輿 (ja) (こし, koshi), 駕篭 (ja) (かご, kago)
• Korean: 가마 (ko) (gama)
• Latin: sella f
• Macedonian: носилка f (nosilka)
• Portuguese: liteira (pt) f
• Russian: паланки́н (ru) m (palankín)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: носиљка f

  Roman: nosiljka (sh) f

• Tamil: சரக்கறை சீருந்து (carakkaṟai cīruntu)
• Vietnamese: kiệu (vi) (轎 (vi))

style of automobile

• Afrikaans: sedan
• Bulgarian: купе n (kupe)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轎車／轿车 (zh) (jiàochē), 三廂車／三厢车 (sānxiāngchē)

• Finnish: sedan (fi), porrasperä
• French: berline (fr) f
• German: Limousine (de) f
• Icelandic: fólksbíll
• Japanese: セダン (ja) (sedan)
• Macedonian: седа́н m (sedán)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sedan (no) m

• Portuguese: sedã (pt)
• Romanian: berlină (ro) f
• Russian: седа́н (ru) m (sedán)
• Spanish: sedán (es) m, berlina (es) f
• Swedish: sedan (sv) c

Etymology 2

Invented at Sedan in France.

Noun

sedan (plural sedans)

1. A handbarrow for transporting fish.

Anagrams

• Desna, snead, Snead, Sande, Deans, deans, nades, Adens, DNase, Denas, saden, Sedna, Danes, Neads, Andes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sedan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈdɑn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: se‧dan
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun

sedan m (plural sedans)

1. (automotive) sedan, saloon (car type) [from late 1910s]
   • 1918 March 28, “Correspondentie. Rock Valley”, in De Volksvriend, volume 44, number 19, page 3:

     Deze week worden nog 10 meer Fords verwacht, waarbij 7 Sedans zijn.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Finnish

Etymology

From English sedan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsedɑn/, [ˈs̠e̞dɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -edɑn
• Syllabification^(key): se‧dan

Noun

sedan

1. sedan (body style for cars)

Declension

Inflection of sedan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		sedan	sedanit
genitive		sedanin	sedanien
partitive		sedania	sedaneja
illative		sedaniin	sedaneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sedan	sedanit
accusative	nom.	sedan	sedanit
	gen.	sedanin
genitive		sedanin	sedanien
partitive		sedania	sedaneja
inessive		sedanissa	sedaneissa
elative		sedanista	sedaneista
illative		sedaniin	sedaneihin
adessive		sedanilla	sedaneilla
ablative		sedanilta	sedaneilta
allative		sedanille	sedaneille
essive		sedanina	sedaneina
translative		sedaniksi	sedaneiksi
abessive		sedanitta	sedaneitta
instructive		—	sedanein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sedan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sedanini sedanini accusative nom. sedanini sedanini gen. sedanini genitive sedanini sedanieni partitive sedaniani sedanejani inessive sedanissani sedaneissani elative sedanistani sedaneistani illative sedaniini sedaneihini adessive sedanillani sedaneillani ablative sedaniltani sedaneiltani allative sedanilleni sedaneilleni essive sedaninani sedaneinani translative sedanikseni sedaneikseni abessive sedanittani sedaneittani instructive — — comitative — sedaneineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sedanisi sedanisi accusative nom. sedanisi sedanisi gen. sedanisi genitive sedanisi sedaniesi partitive sedaniasi sedanejasi inessive sedanissasi sedaneissasi elative sedanistasi sedaneistasi illative sedaniisi sedaneihisi adessive sedanillasi sedaneillasi ablative sedaniltasi sedaneiltasi allative sedanillesi sedaneillesi essive sedaninasi sedaneinasi translative sedaniksesi sedaneiksesi abessive sedanittasi sedaneittasi instructive — — comitative — sedaneinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sedanimme sedanimme accusative nom. sedanimme sedanimme gen. sedanimme genitive sedanimme sedaniemme partitive sedaniamme sedanejamme inessive sedanissamme sedaneissamme elative sedanistamme sedaneistamme illative sedaniimme sedaneihimme adessive sedanillamme sedaneillamme ablative sedaniltamme sedaneiltamme allative sedanillemme sedaneillemme essive sedaninamme sedaneinamme translative sedaniksemme sedaneiksemme abessive sedanittamme sedaneittamme instructive — — comitative — sedaneinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sedaninne sedaninne accusative nom. sedaninne sedaninne gen. sedaninne genitive sedaninne sedanienne partitive sedanianne sedanejanne inessive sedanissanne sedaneissanne elative sedanistanne sedaneistanne illative sedaniinne sedaneihinne adessive sedanillanne sedaneillanne ablative sedaniltanne sedaneiltanne allative sedanillenne sedaneillenne essive sedaninanne sedaneinanne translative sedaniksenne sedaneiksenne abessive sedanittanne sedaneittanne instructive — — comitative — sedaneinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sedaninsa sedaninsa accusative nom. sedaninsa sedaninsa gen. sedaninsa genitive sedaninsa sedaniensa partitive sedaniaan sedaniansa sedanejaan sedanejansa inessive sedanissaan sedanissansa sedaneissaan sedaneissansa elative sedanistaan sedanistansa sedaneistaan sedaneistansa illative sedaniinsa sedaneihinsa adessive sedanillaan sedanillansa sedaneillaan sedaneillansa ablative sedaniltaan sedaniltansa sedaneiltaan sedaneiltansa allative sedanilleen sedanillensa sedaneilleen sedaneillensa essive sedaninaan sedaninansa sedaneinaan sedaneinansa translative sedanikseen sedaniksensa sedaneikseen sedaneiksensa abessive sedanittaan sedanittansa sedaneittaan sedaneittansa instructive — — comitative — sedaneineen sedaneinensa

Synonyms

• porrasperä

Hypernyms

• korimalli

Further reading

• “sedan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈdɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈdan/ [sɨˈðan]

• Hyphenation: se‧dan

Noun

sedan m (plural sedans)

1. Alternative spelling of sedã

Spanish

Verb

sedan

1. third-person plural present indicative of sedar

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish siþan, from Old Norse síðan. See Norwegian siden. Cognate with Old English siþþan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːdan/ (formal)
• IPA^(key): /sɛn/ (colloquial)

Adverb

sedan (not comparable)

1. then, after this (that), afterwards; next in order

   Först försökte vi på mitt sätt, sedan på hans.

   First we tried my way, then his.

Alternative forms

• sen (colloquial)

Conjunction

sedan

1. since, from the time that (and often as a consequence of)

   Sedan vi sålde bilen cyklar vi överallt.

   Since we sold the car, we bike everywhere.

Alternative forms

• sen (colloquial)

Preposition

sedan

1. since; from a given point in time

   Sedan det året har vi varit tillsammans ständigt.

   Since that year, we have been together all the time.

Synonyms

• sen

See also

• för ... sedan

Etymology 2

From English sedan.

Noun

sedan c

1. sedan; a body style of a car

Declension

Declension of sedan

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sedan	sedans
	definite	sedanen	sedanens
plural	indefinite	sedaner	sedaners
	definite	sedanerna	sedanernas

References

• sedan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sedan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sedan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• andes, dasen, sneda