séance
French, noun/se.ɑ̃s/
séance is spelled S-É-A-N-C-E (6 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written French, the 1,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Séance is a French feminine noun meaning “session” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Droit de prendre place dans une compagnie”.
What does séance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesession
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Droit de prendre place dans une compagnie. 2. Réunion, assemblée des membres d’un tribunal, d’un corps, d’une compagnie. 3. Temps qu’on passe à table, dans une partie de jeu, dans une visite, etc. 4. Il se dit encore du temps pendant lequel une personne pose devant un sculpteur, un dessinateur, un peintre, un photographe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of séance
- séances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce séance?
- /se.ɑ̃s/
- \se.ɑ̃s\
- [se.ɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to séance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is séance in French?
séance appears 47 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).