sessa

See also: Sessa and -sessa

Gaulish

Etymology

Attested in place names such as Camulosessa. From Proto-Celtic *sessā, from Proto-Indo-European *sedtós (“seated”).

Noun

sessa f

1. seat

References

• Xavier Delamarre (2003), Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, →ISBN, page 268

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛsːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛsːa

Noun

sessa f (genitive singular sessu, nominative plural sessur)

1. thin cushion

Declension

Declension of sessa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sessa	sessan	sessur	sessurnar
accusative	sessu	sessuna	sessur	sessurnar
dative	sessu	sessunni	sessum	sessunum
genitive	sessu	sessunnar	sessa	sessanna

Related terms

• sess (“seat”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛs.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɛssa
• Hyphenation: sès‧sa

Noun

sessa f (plural sesse)

1. seiche

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sessa (present tense sessar, past tense sessa, past participle sessa, passive infinitive sessast, present participle sessande, imperative sessa/sess)

1. alternative form of sesse

Old Norse

Noun

sessa

1. accusative/genitive plural of sess

Swedish

Noun

sessa c

1. (colloquial) a princess (especially a princess who's still a child)

   Synonym: prinsessa

Declension

Declension of sessa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sessa	sessas
	definite	sessan	sessans
plural	indefinite	sessor	sessors
	definite	sessorna	sessornas

Derived terms

• Hagasessa

References

• “sessa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sessa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sessa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)