sitting

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• /ˈsɪtɪŋ/
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From Middle English sittinge, sittynge, variant of sittinde, sittende, sittande, from Old English sittende (“sitting”), from Proto-Germanic *sitjandz (“sitting”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian sittend (“sitting”), Dutch zittend (“sitting”), German sitzend (“sitting”), Swedish sittande (“sitting”), Icelandic sitjandi (“sitting”).

From Middle English sittyng, sittynge, equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zitting (“a sitting, session”), German Sitzung (“a sitting, session”), Swedish sittning (“a sitting, session”).

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разполагане (razpolagane) — a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• Bulgarian: позиране (pozirane) — a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• Catalan: seguda — a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• German: Sitzung — a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• Japanese: 座 — a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• Central Kurdish: دانیشتن (danîştin) — a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• Northern Kurdish: rûniştin — a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• Māori: nohoanga — a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• Russian: присест (prisest) — a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• Scottish Gaelic: suidhe — a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• Spanish: sentada — a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• Swedish: sittning — a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• Esperanto: seanco — session with a medium or fortuneteller
• Bulgarian: сесия (sesija) — a legislative session
• Esperanto: seanco — a legislative session
• German: Sitzung — a legislative session
• Malay: persidangan — a legislative session
• Māori: tūnga — a legislative session
• Scottish Gaelic: suidhe — a legislative session
• Swedish: session — a legislative session
• Ottoman Turkish: مجلس (meclis) — a legislative session
• Ottoman Turkish: جلسه (celse) — a legislative session
• Bulgarian: мътене (mǎtene) — incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
• German: Brüten — incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
• German: Gelege — incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
• Northern Kurdish: kurkbûn — incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
• Scottish Gaelic: suidhe m gur — incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
• Swedish: ruvning — incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird