sedentary

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From Middle French sédentaire, from Latin sedentārius (“sitting”), from sedeō (“to sit, to be seated”).

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَضَرِيّ (ḥaḍariyy) — not moving, not migratory
• Azerbaijani: oturaq — not moving, not migratory
• Belarusian: асе́лы (asjély) — not moving, not migratory
• Bulgarian: уседнал (usednal) — not moving, not migratory
• Bulgarian: непрелетен (nepreleten) — not moving, not migratory
• Catalan: sedentari — not moving, not migratory
• Chinese Mandarin: 定居的 (dìngjū de) — not moving, not migratory
• Czech: usedlý — not moving, not migratory
• Dutch: sedentair — not moving, not migratory
• Finnish: vähän liikkuva — not moving, not migratory
• French: sédentaire — not moving, not migratory
• German: ortsgebunden — not moving, not migratory
• German: sesshaft — not moving, not migratory
• Hungarian: helyhez kötött — not moving, not migratory
• Ido: sedentaria — not moving, not migratory
• Indonesian: sambil duduk — not moving, not migratory
• Indonesian: sedenter — not moving, not migratory
• Irish: neamhaistreach — not moving, not migratory
• Italian: sedentario — not moving, not migratory
• Kazakh: отырықшы (otyryqşy) — not moving, not migratory
• Korean: 정착성 (jeongchakseong) — not moving, not migratory
• Norwegian: stillesittende — not moving, not migratory
• Polish: osiadły — not moving, not migratory
• Portuguese: sedentário — not moving, not migratory
• Romanian: sedentar — not moving, not migratory
• Russian: осе́длый (osédlyj) — not moving, not migratory
• Spanish: sedentario — not moving, not migratory
• Turkish: sedanter — not moving, not migratory
• Turkish: durağan — not moving, not migratory
• Ukrainian: осі́лий (osílyj) — not moving, not migratory
• Bulgarian: седящ (sedjašt) — not moving much; sitting around
• Bulgarian: заседнал (zasednal) — not moving much; sitting around
• Catalan: sedentari — not moving much; sitting around
• Czech: sedavý — not moving much; sitting around
• Dutch: sedentair — not moving much; sitting around
• Dutch: stilzittend — not moving much; sitting around
• Finnish: istuma- — not moving much; sitting around
• Finnish: paikallaan pysyvä — not moving much; sitting around
• French: sédentaire — not moving much; sitting around
• German: sitzend — not moving much; sitting around
• Greek: καθιστικός (kathistikós) — not moving much; sitting around
• Hungarian: ülő — not moving much; sitting around
• Icelandic: kyrrsetu- — not moving much; sitting around
• Icelandic: hreyfingarleysis- — not moving much; sitting around
• Ido: sedentaria — not moving much; sitting around
• Indonesian: sedenter — not moving much; sitting around
• Korean: 앉은뱅이 (anjeunbaeng'i) — not moving much; sitting around
• Korean: 앉은 (anjeun) — not moving much; sitting around
• Norwegian Bokmål: stillesittende — not moving much; sitting around
• Norwegian Bokmål: sedat — not moving much; sitting around
• Polish: siedzący — not moving much; sitting around
• Portuguese: sedentário — not moving much; sitting around
• Romanian: sedentar — not moving much; sitting around
• Russian: сидя́чий (sidjáčij) — not moving much; sitting around
• Russian: малоподви́жный (malopodvížnyj) — not moving much; sitting around
• Spanish: sedentario — not moving much; sitting around
• Swedish: stillasittande — not moving much; sitting around
• Telugu: కూర్చున్నట్టు చేసేపని (kūrcunnaṭṭu cēsēpani) — not moving much; sitting around
• Turkish: sedanter — not moving much; sitting around
• Turkish: tembel — not moving much; sitting around