seanse – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of seanse

Noun: seanse
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.seanse
Pl.seanser

Definite

Sg.seansen
Pl.seansene

Sample Sentences

  • dr. Szernyi og hans medium var kommet. Seansen kunde begynne (Dr. Szernyi and his medium had arrived. The session could commence) [1943, Stein Ståle, Åndemasken, page 69:]
  • hvis spiritister stiller ånden for nærgående spørsmål kan glasset avsløre dødsdatoen til alle som er med i seansen (if spiritists ask the spirit for up-to-date questions, the glass can reveal the date of death to all who are in the session) [1996, Tove Nilsen, Skyskrapersommer:]
  • seanser er humbug (séances are a hoax) [2017, Tom Egeland, Lasaruseffekten, page 377:]
  • Det var en pinlig seanse. (It was an awkward occurrence.)
  • Aksel la lokket på pianoet og oppga seansen (Aksel put the lid on the piano and gave up the session) [1988, Liv Køltzow, Hvem har ditt ansikt?, page 104:]
  • vi klinte så lenge at mora la merke til oss fra stuevinduet, og kom ut og avbrøt seansen (we made out so long that mom noticed us from the living room window, and came out and interrupted the session) [2003, Tore Renberg, Mannen som elsket Yngve:]
  • midt i seansen kom det frem [at] hun mente … at jeg var brunhåret (in the middle of the session it emerged [that] she meant… that I was brown-haired) [2001, Helene Uri, Dyp rød, page 315:]
  • på slutten av en seanse spurte [psykiateren] om hun gikk med selvmordstanker (at the end of a session [the psychiatrist] asked if she had suicidal thoughts) [2018, Eline Lund Fjæren, Forbruk i september, page 80:]

Etymology

From French séance (“session”), from both séant (“sitting position”), from seoir (“to be situated”), from Middle French seoir (“to be”), from Old French seoir (“to sit”), from earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre (“to sit”), from Proto-Italic *sedēō (“sit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”) + and from -ance, from Middle French -ance, from Old French -ance, from Latin -antia(m), -entia(m), from Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā), -ία (-ía) and -εια (-eia), from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂. See: French Nouns 'séance', Latin Nouns 'sedeō', Latin Nouns '-antia'.

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