séant
See also: seant
French
editPronunciation
editParticiple
editséant
Adjective
editséant (feminine séante, masculine plural séants, feminine plural séantes)
Derived terms
editNoun
editséant m (plural séants)
- (with personal pronoun) sitting position
- 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier jour d'un condamné, section II:
- J’ouvris les yeux, je me dressai effaré sur mon séant.
- I opened my eyes and sat up, alarmed.
- (colloquial) bottom; behind (of a person)
Further reading
edit- “séant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.