seat

[[t]si:t[/t]] 1. noun

1) (something for sitting on: Are there enough seats for everyone?) siège

2) (the part of a chair etc on which the body sits: This chair-seat is broken.) siège

3) ((the part of a garment covering) the buttocks: I've got a sore seat after all that horse riding; a hole in the seat of his trousers.) derrière; fond

4) (a place in which a person has a right to sit: two seats for the play; a seat in Parliament; a seat on the board of the company.) place; siège

5) (a place that is the centre of some activity etc: Universities are seats of learning.) haut lieu

2. verb

1) (to cause to sit down: I seated him in the armchair.) (faire) asseoir

2) (to have seats for: Our table seats eight.) permettre tant de places assises

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- -seater

- seating - seat belt - take a seat

English-French dictionary. 2014.