sedan

sedan

See also: Sedan, Sədan, sedán, and sedän

English

Etymology 1

The 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.[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈdæn/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

sedan (plural sedans)

1. 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.
2. (US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space.
   • 1986 May, Jack Keebler, U.S. Family Sedans - traditional technology takes on state of the art, Popular Science, page 24,

     What we are observing in this sedan square-off is the cumulative effect of modern design technology on the family sedan.

   • 1996, Dennis Adler, Fifties Flashback: The American Car, 2004, page 22,

     In addition there was a companion four-door sedan, mounted on the C- 38 Series 121.5-inch platform and equipped with the 1 14-horsepower L-head six.

   • 2005, Dennis W. Parks, American Hot Rod: How to Build a Hot Rod with Boyd Coddington, page 115,

     The 1929 Model A Tudor sedan on these pages will receive a mild top chop of 3 inches, combined with the installation of a rear delivery door and a filled roof.

Synonyms

• (chair carried by porters): litter, sedan chair
• (body style of a car): saloon (UK)

Derived terms

• sedanlike

Translations

enclosed chair carried by porters

Bulgarian: носилка f (nosilka), паланкин m (palankin) Chinese: Mandarin: 轎子／轿子 (zh) (jiàozi), 轎／轿 (zh) (jiào), 輿／舆 (zh) (yú) Finnish: kantotuoli (fi) French: palanquin (fr) m German: Sänfte (de) f Greek: Ancient: φορεῖον n (phoreîon) Japanese: 輿 (ja) (こし, koshi), 駕篭 (ja) (かご, kago) Korean: 가마 (ko) (gama) Latin: lectica f, feretrum n Macedonian: носилка f (nosilka) Portuguese: liteira (pt) f Russian: паланки́н (ru) m (palankín) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: носиљка f Roman: nosiljka (sh) f Tamil: சரக்கறை சீருந்து (carakkaṟai cīruntu) Vietnamese: kiệu (vi) (轎 (vi))

style of automobile

Afrikaans: sedan Bulgarian: купе n (kupe) Chinese: Mandarin: 轎車／轿车 (zh) (jiàochē), 三廂車／三厢车 (sānxiāngchē) Finnish: sedan (fi), porrasperä French: berline (fr) f German: Limousine (de) f Icelandic: fólksbíll Japanese: セダン (sedan) Macedonian: седа́н m (sedán) Norwegian: Bokmål: sedan (no) m Portuguese: sedã (pt) Russian: седа́н (ru) m (sedán) Spanish: sedán (es) m, berlina (es) f Swedish: sedan (sv) c

Etymology 2

Invented at Sedan in France.

Noun

sedan (plural sedans)

1. A handbarrow for transporting fish.

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “sedan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 10 April 2017.

Anagrams

• Andes, DNase, Danes, Deans, Denas, Neads, Sande, Sedna, Snead, deans, nades, saden, snead

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sedan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈdɑn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: se‧dan
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun

sedan m (plural sedans)

1. (automotive) sedan, saloon (car type) [from late 1910s]
   • 1918 March 28, "Correspondentie. Rock Valley", De Volksvriend, Vol. 44, No. 19, page 3.

     Deze week worden nog 10 meer Fords verwacht, waarbij 7 Sedans zijn.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English sedan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsedɑn/, [ˈs̠e̞dɑn]
• Rhymes: -edɑn
• Syllabification^(key): se‧dan

Noun

sedan

1. sedan (body style for cars)

Declension

Inflection of sedan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		sedan	sedanit
genitive		sedanin	sedanien
partitive		sedania	sedaneja
illative		sedaniin	sedaneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sedan	sedanit
accusative	nom.	sedan	sedanit
	gen.	sedanin
genitive		sedanin	sedanien
partitive		sedania	sedaneja
inessive		sedanissa	sedaneissa
elative		sedanista	sedaneista
illative		sedaniin	sedaneihin
adessive		sedanilla	sedaneilla
ablative		sedanilta	sedaneilta
allative		sedanille	sedaneille
essive		sedanina	sedaneina
translative		sedaniksi	sedaneiksi
instructive		—	sedanein
abessive		sedanitta	sedaneitta
comitative		—	sedaneineen

Possessive forms of sedan (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	sedanini	sedanimme
2nd person	sedanisi	sedaninne
3rd person	sedaninsa

Synonyms

• porrasperä

Hypernyms

• korimalli

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Portuguese

Noun

sedan m (plural sedans)

1. Alternative spelling of sedã

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Spanish

Verb

sedan

1. third-person plural present indicative of sedar

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish siþan, from Old Norse síðan.See Norwegian siden. Cognate with Old English siþþan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːdan/ (formal)
• IPA^(key): /sɛn/ (colloquial)

Adverb

sedan (not comparable)

1. then, after this (that), afterwards; next in order

   Först försökte vi på mitt sätt, sedan på hans.

   First we tried my way, then his.

Alternative forms

• sen (colloquial)

Conjunction

sedan

1. since, from the time that (and often as a consequence of)

   Sedan vi sålde bilen cyklar vi överallt.

   Since we sold the car, we bike everywhere.

Alternative forms

• sen (colloquial)

Preposition

sedan

1. since; from a given point in time

   Sedan det året har vi varit tillsammans ständigt.

   Since that year, we have been together all the time.

Synonyms

• sen

See also

• för ... sedan

Etymology 2

From English sedan.

Noun

sedan c

1. sedan; a body style of a car

Declension

Declension of sedan
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sedan	sedanen	sedaner	sedanerna
Genitive	sedans	sedanens	sedaners	sedanernas

Further reading

• sedan in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• andes, dasen, sneda