siéger
French, verb/sje.ʒe/
siéger is spelled S-I-É-G-E-R (6 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Siéger is a French verb meaning “to sit (hold a seat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Occuper un siège dans un organe officiel ou administratif”.
What does siéger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sit (hold a seat)
- 2
to sit
- 3
to be located; lie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Occuper un siège dans un organe officiel ou administratif. 2. Occuper le siège pontifical ou épiscopal. 3. Occuper le siège de juge, tenir séance. 4. Avoir en un certain lieu le siège de sa juridiction.
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 siéger
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- siégeant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- siégé participle past
- siège first-person indicative present
- sièges indicative present second-person
- siégeons first-person indicative plural
- siégez indicative plural present
- siègent indicative plural present
- siégeais first-person imperfect indicative
- siégeait imperfect indicative singular
- siégions first-person imperfect indicative
- siégiez imperfect indicative plural
- siégeaient imperfect indicative plural
- siégeai first-person historic indicative
- siégeas historic indicative past
- siégea historic indicative past
- siégeâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce siéger?
- /sje.ʒe/
- \sje.ʒe\
- [sje.ʒe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to siéger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is siéger in French?
siéger appears 2.8 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).