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A n1 ( allocated place) place f ; I sat down on ou in the first seat I could find je me suis assis à la première place que j'ai trouvée ; the nearest available seat la place la plus proche ; to book ou reserve a seat (in theatre, on train) réserver une place ; to keep a seat for sb garder une place pour qn ; to give up one's seat to sb céder sa place à qn ; to take sb's seat prendre sa place à qn ; has everybody got a seat? est-ce que tout le monde est assis? ; keep your seats please nous vous prions de rester assis ; take your seats please Theat ( before performance) veuillez gagner vos places ; ( after interval) veuillez regagner vos places ; the best seats in the house les meilleures places ; would you prefer a seat next to the window or next to the aisle? ( on plane) voulez-vous (une place côté) fenêtre ou (une place côté) couloir? ;2 (type, object) gen, Aut siège m ; ( bench-type) banquette f ; leather/fabric seats sièges en cuir/en tissu ; the back seat la banquette arrière ; how many seats do we need to put out in the hall? combien de sièges est-ce qu'il faut installer dans la salle? ; ‘take a seat’ ( indicating) ‘prenez un siège’ ; take ou have a seat asseyez-vous ; sit in the front seat assieds-toi à l'avant ;3 GB Pol (in parliament, on committee) siège m ; safe/marginal seat siège sûr/menacé ; to win a seat gagner un siège ; they won the seat from the Democrats ils ont enlevé ce siège aux Démocrates ; the CDU lost seven seats to the Greens la CDU a perdu six sièges au profit des Verts ; to keep/lose one's seat garder/perdre son siège ; to have a seat on the council siéger au conseil ; to take up one's seat entrer en fonction ;4 ( part of chair) siège m ;5 (location, centre) siège m ; seat of government/learning siège du gouvernement/savoir ;7 Equit to have a good seat avoir une bonne assiette ; to keep one's seat rester en selle ; to lose one's seat perdre son assiette ;9 (of pants, trousers) fond m.B - seat (dans composés) a 150-seat plane/cinema un avion/cinéma de 150 places ; a single-seat constituency GB une circonscription à siège unique.C vtr2 ( have seats for) the car seats five c'est une voiture à cinq places ; how many does it seat? ( of car) elle a combien de places? ; the table seats six c'est une table de six couverts ; the room seats 30 people la salle peut accueillir 30 personnes.D v refl to seat oneself prendre place ; to seat oneself at the piano/next to sb prendre place au piano/à côté de qn.E seated pp adj assis ; to be seated at être assis à [table, desk] ; is everybody seated? est-ce que tout le monde est assis? ; please remain seated veuillez rester assis.to take/occupy a back seat fig se mettre/se tenir en retrait. -
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seat [si:t]1. nounb. ( = place to sit) place f• I'd like two seats for... je voudrais deux places pour...d. [of MP] siège m• they won/lost ten seats ils ont gagné/perdu dix siègese. (on company board, committee) siège ma. [+ child] (faire) asseoir ; [+ dinner guest] placer• to seat o.s. s'asseoirb. ( = have room for) how many does the hall seat? combien y a-t-il de places assises dans la salle ?3. compounds* * *[siːt] 1.1) ( allocated place) place ftake ou have a seat — asseyez-vous
2) Politics siège msafe/marginal seat — siège sûr/menacé
3) (type, object) gen, Automobile siège m; ( bench-type) banquette f4) (location, centre) siège mseat of government/learning — siège du gouvernement/savoir
5) ( residence) résidence f familiale6) ( on horse)7) euph postérieur m8) ( of trousers) fond m2.- seat combining form3.a 150-seat plane/cinema — un avion/cinéma de 150 places
transitive verb1) ( assign place to) placer [person]2)4.5.to seat oneself — prendre place (at à)
seated past participle adjective assis••to take/occupy a back seat — fig se mettre/se tenir en retrait
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