Definitions for séanceˈseɪ ɑns
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
sé•anceˈseɪ ɑns(n.)
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
a session or sitting, as of a class or organization.
Origin of séance:
1795–1805; < F: session =sé-, base of seoir to sit (< L sedēre) +-ance -ance
Princeton's WordNet
seance, sitting, session(noun)
a meeting of spiritualists
"the seance was held in the medium's parlor"
Webster Dictionary
Seance(noun)
a session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called
Translations for séance
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
séance(noun)
a meeting of people trying to obtain messages from the spirits of dead people
She claims to have spoken to Napoleon at a s; éance.
- séanceAfrikaans
- جَلْسَة إسْتِحْضار الأرواحArabic
- спиритически сеансBulgarian
- sessão espíritaPortuguese (BR)
- seanceCzech
- spritistische SitzungGerman
- seanceDanish
- συγκέντρωση για το κάλεσμα πνευμάτωνGreek
- sesión de espiritismoSpanish
- seanssEstonian
- جلسه احضار روحFarsi
- spiritistinen istuntoFinnish
- séance de spiritismeFrench
- סְייָאנְסHebrew
- सभा, बैठकHindi
- seasa, prizivanje duhovaCroatian
- szeánszHungarian
- orang yang sudah meninggalIndonesian
- miðilsfundurIcelandic
- seduta spiriticaItalian
- 降霊術の会Japanese
- 강신술Korean
- spiritizmo seansasLithuanian
- spiritisma seanssLatvian
- pemujaan rohMalay
- seanceDutch
- seanseNorwegian
- seans spirytystycznyPolish
- جلسه احضار روحPersian
- ماڼو، بيړۍ وان، دبيړۍ كاركوونكىPashto
- sessão espíritaPortuguese
- şedinţă de spiritismRomanian
- спиритический сеансRussian
- seansaSlovak
- seansaSlovenian
- seansaSerbian
- seansSwedish
- การชุมนุมเพื่อติดต่อกับวิญญาณThai
- seans, ruhçağırma toplantısıTurkish
- 降神會(試圖與鬼神通話的聚會)Chinese (Trad.)
- спіритичний сеансUkrainian
- روحوں سے ملاقات کی محفلUrdu
- buổi gọi hồnVietnamese
- 降神会Chinese (Simp.)
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