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English
Etymology
From Middle English session , from Old French session , from Latin sessiō ( “ a sitting ” ) , from sedeō ( “ sit ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
session (plural sessions )
A period of time devoted to a particular activity .
counseling session
a training session
jam session
"Are we having a recording session ?" / "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass."
2009 , Michael Otto with Stefan G. Hofmann, Avoiding Treatment Failures in the Anxiety Disorders , page 137 :Alternatively, if the patient is stuck ritualizing before session , then the therapist might want to create contingencies that might help the patient come in on time
An official meeting or term of a council , court , or other body to conduct its business; e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislature (that together comprise the legislative term), whose individual meetings are also called sessions.
This court is now in session .
( computing ) The sequence of interactions between client and server , or between user and system ; the period during which a user is logged in or connected .
Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session .
( cricket ) Any of the three scheduled two-hour playing sessions, from the start of play to lunch , from lunch to tea and from tea to the close of play.
( chiefly obsolete or theology ) The act of sitting , or the state of being seated .
1594–1597 , Richard Hooker , edited by J S , Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, , London: Will Stansby , published 1611 , →OCLC , (please specify the page) :So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.
1859 , Alfred Tennyson , “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King , London: Edward Moxon & Co. , , →OCLC , pages 137–138 :But Vivien, gathering somewhat of his mood, / And hearing 'harlot' mutter'd twice or thrice, / Leapt from her session on his lap, and stood, / Stiff as a viper frozen;
( music ) Ellipsis of jam session , used in isolate particularly for folk music .
( education ) An academic term ; semester ; school year .
( beer ) An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
( Presbyterianism ) The ruling body of a congregation , consisting of the pastor and elders .
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Japanese: セッション ( sesshon )
→ Korean: 세션 ( sesyeon )
→ Scottish Gaelic: seisean
Translations
period devoted to a particular activity
Albanian: sesion (sq) m
Arabic: جَلْسَة f ( jalsa )
Aragonese: sesión f
Armenian: նստաշրջան (hy) ( nstašrǰan ) , սեանս (hy) ( seans )
Asturian: sesión f
Basque: saio (eu)
Belarusian: сэ́сія f ( sésija ) , се́сія f ( sjésija ) , сеа́нс m ( sjeáns )
Bulgarian: се́сия (bg) f ( sésija )
Catalan: sessió (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 會期 / 会期 ( wui6 kei4 )
Hokkien: 會期 / 会期 (zh-min-nan) ( hōe-kî )
Mandarin: 會期 / 会期 (zh) ( huìqī )
Czech: sezení (cs) n
Danish: session (da) c
Dutch: sessie (nl) f
Esperanto: sesio , seanco
Estonian: istung , seanss , sessioon
Finnish: istunto (fi)
French: séance (fr) f
Galician: sesión f
Georgian: სესია ( sesia )
German: Sitzung (de) f , Session (de) f
Greek: συνεδρίαση (el) f ( synedríasi )
Haitian Creole: sesyon
Hebrew: יְשִׁיבָה (he) f ( y'shivá )
Hindi: अधिवेशन (hi) m ( adhiveśan )
Hungarian: ülés (hu) , alkalom (hu) , összejövetel (hu) , találkozó (hu) , foglalkozás (hu) , megbeszélés (hu)
Indonesian: sesi (id)
Irish: seisiún m
Italian: sessione (it) f , tornata (it) f , seduta (it) f
Japanese: 会期 (ja) ( かいき, kaiki )
Khmer: សម័យប្រជុំ ( saʼmay prɑcum )
Korean: 회기(會期) ( hoegi )
Latvian: sesija f
Lithuanian: sesija f
Macedonian: сесија f ( sesija )
Malay: penggal (ms) , sesyen
Maltese: sessjoni f
Maori: tūnga , wātū
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sesjon m
Occitan: passada (oc) , (please verify ) sàssic , (please verify ) sassigada
Ottoman Turkish: مجلس ( meclis )
Persian: نشست (fa) ( nešast )
Plautdietsch: Sitz m
Polish: sesja (pl) f , seans (pl) m
Portuguese: sessão (pt) f
Romanian: sesiune (ro) f
Russian: се́ссия (ru) f ( séssija ) , сеа́нс (ru) m ( seáns )
Scottish Gaelic: seisean m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сѐсија f
Roman: sèsija (sh) f
Slovak: sedenie n
Slovene: seja f
Spanish: sesión (es) f
Swedish: session (sv) c
Turkish: celse (tr) , seans (tr) , oturum (tr)
Ukrainian: се́сія (uk) f ( sésija ) , сеа́нс m ( seáns )
Uzbek: sessiya (uz)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Walloon: seyance (wa)
Welsh: sesiwn (cy) f
meeting of a body to conduct business
Arabic: دَوْرَة (ar) f ( dawra )
Aragonese: sesión f
Armenian: նիստ (hy) ( nist )
Asturian: sesión f
Belarusian: сэ́сія f ( sésija ) , се́сія f ( sjésija ) , пасяджэ́нне n ( pasjadžénnje )
Breton: bodadeg (br)
Bulgarian: се́сия (bg) f ( sésija ) , заседа́ние (bg) n ( zasedánie )
Catalan: sessió (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 會議 / 会议 (zh) ( huìyì )
Czech: zasedání (cs) n
Danish: session (da) c , møde (da) n
Dutch: zitting (nl) f , sessie (nl) f
Esperanto: kunveno
Estonian: sessioon , istung
Faroese: fundur
Finnish: istunto (fi) , kokous (fi)
French: session (fr) f
Galician: sesión f
Georgian: სესია ( sesia )
German: Sitzung (de) f , Session (de) f , Tagung (de) f
Greek: σύνοδος (el) f ( sýnodos ) , συνεδρίαση (el) f ( synedríasi )
Hindi: अधिवेशन (hi) m ( adhiveśan ) , सम्मेलन (hi) m ( sammelan ) , सभा (hi) f ( sabhā ) , बैठक (hi) f ( baiṭhak )
Hungarian: ülés (hu) , ülésezés (hu) , ülésszak (hu)
Indonesian: sési (id)
Irish: suí m
Italian: sessione (it) f
Japanese: 会議 (ja) ( かいぎ, kaigi )
Khmer: សម័យប្រជុំ ( saʼmay prɑcum )
Korean: 회의(會議) (ko) ( hoe'ui )
Latvian: sēde f , sesija f
Lithuanian: posėdis m
Macedonian: седница f ( sednica ) , заседание n ( zasedanie ) , сесија f ( sesija )
Maori: tūnga , nohoanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: samling (no) m or f , møte (no) n , sesjon m
Old French: session f
Ottoman Turkish: مجلس ( meclis )
Persian: نشست (fa) ( nešast ) , همایش (fa) ( hamâyeš )
Polish: sesja (pl) f , posiedzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: sessão (pt) f
Romanian: ședință (ro) f , sesie (ro) f , sesiune (ro) f
Russian: се́ссия (ru) f ( séssija ) , заседа́ние (ru) n ( zasedánije )
Scottish Gaelic: coinneamh f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: се̏дница f , сје̏дница f , са̀станак m , сѐсија f , засе́да̄ње n , засје́да̄ње n
Roman: sȅdnica (sh) f , sjȅdnica (sh) f , sàstanak (sh) m , sèsija (sh) f , zasédānje (sh) n , zasjédānje (sh) n
Slovak: zasadanie n
Slovene: zasedanje n , seja f
Spanish: sesión (es) f
Swahili: mkutano (sw)
Swedish: session (sv) c , möte (sv) n
Thai: การประชุม (th) ( gaan-bprà-chum )
Turkish: oturum (tr) , toplantı (tr) , celse (tr)
Ukrainian: се́сія (uk) f ( sésija ) , засі́дання (uk) n ( zasídannja )
Uzbek: yigʻilish (uz) , majlis (uz)
Vietnamese: phiên họp
Walloon: seyance (wa)
(computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
Verb
session (third-person singular simple present sessions , present participle sessioning , simple past and past participle sessioned )
( music ) To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.
2009 May 3, Virginia Heffernan, “World Music”, in New York Times :“I downloaded a clip from a drummer, who I now realize is Bernard Purdie, who has sessioned on all kinds of records,” he said.
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
session
genitive singular of sessio
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French session , borrowed from Latin sessiōnem .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /sɛ.sjɔ̃/ ~ /se.sjɔ̃/
Noun
session f (plural sessions )
session , period
( computing ) session
Further reading
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sessiō, sessiōnem .
Noun
session oblique singular , f (oblique plural sessions , nominative singular session , nominative plural sessions )
sitting ; session (of a court, a committee, etc.)
Descendants
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sessiō .
Noun
session c
a session (period with meetings, or training sessions and the like by extension)
vara i session be in session
a session (meeting)
Declension
Derived terms
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