séance tenante
\se.ɑ̃s tə.nɑ̃t\
The verdict
“séance tenante” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans le cours de la séance, avant que la séance soit terminée ; en droit, se dit d'une décision rendue tout de suite, sans que le juge ait besoin de délibérer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-seance-tenante · séance tenante · French
séance tenante · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | séance tenante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \se.ɑ̃s tə.nɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
séance tenante is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \se.ɑ̃s tə.nɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
séance tenante has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is séance tenante, spelled S-É-A-N-C-E- -T-E-N-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Dans le cours de la séance, avant que la séance soit terminée ; en droit, se dit d'une décision rendue tout de suite, sans que le juge ait besoin de délibérer.
- 2Immédiatement, aussitôt, sans retard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how séance tenante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nouzaret a été remplacé séance tenante par l’ancien Marseillais Titi Camara.
Séance tenante, l'ancien écuyer du chevalier de Capestang, l'ancien laquais d'astrologue, de régent et d'apothicaire fut embauché dans la société Turlupin en qualité de valet de comédie, aux conditions mêmes qu'il avait énoncées.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.