sedan
An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two…An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.
» Tom drives a big sedan.
Том водить великий седан.
У Тома великий седан.
Meaning
3 sensesAn enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.
Sänfte
паланки́нpalankín
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US)An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space, and luggage or (limited) cargo space.
Limousine
седа́нsedán
A handbarrow for transporting fish.
- a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
- a closed litter for one passenger
Examples
15 sentencesTom drives a big sedan.
Том водить великий седан.
The getaway car was late model white sedan.
Tom drives a black sedan.
Yanni was driving a battered old sedan.
Tom's two-door sedan is surprisingly roomy.
Translations
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By meaning 2
Origin
The sense of "windowed chair" was first used by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634, possibly froThe sense of "windowed chair" was first used by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634, possibly from a southern Italian dialect of Italian sede (“seat”), from Latin sedes. The "motorcar" sense was first recorded in 1912 in North America.
Invented at Sedan in France.
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Forms
plural: sedansSynonyms
3 synonyms- a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors:saloon
- a closed litter for one passenger:sedan chair