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séance

session, sitting

noun seh-AHNS Less Common

Also means

showing (of a film)

Usage Note

Séance in French is the ordinary word for any scheduled session: une séance de cinéma (a film showing), une séance de tribunal (a court sitting), or une séance de sport (a workout session). The English borrowing 'séance' (a spiritualist session) is a narrower use; in French this would be une séance de spiritisme.

Examples

"La séance de cinéma commence à 20h."

Natural Translation

The film showing starts at 8 p.m.

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