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session

session, sitting

noun seh-SYOHN Rare

Origin: Latin sessio (a sitting), from sedere (to sit)

Also means

academic term, period

Usage Note

Session is used in parliamentary, academic, judicial, and digital contexts: une session parlementaire, une session d'examens, une session de jeu. The French university calendar divides the year into sessions of exams. In computing, fermer la session means 'to log out'.

Examples

"La session du parlement reprend en septembre."

Natural Translation

The parliamentary session resumes in September.

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