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siège

seat, chair

noun syehzh Less Common

Also means

headquarters; siege

Usage Note

Siège covers both a physical seat and an organisational headquarters — le siège social is a company's registered office. In a military or historical context it means a siege, as in le siège de Paris. The verb assiéger shares the same root and means 'to besiege'.

Examples

"Prenez un siège, s'il vous plaît."

Natural Translation

Please take a seat.

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