saison

See also: Saison and saîson

English

Etymology

French saison (“season”). Doublet of season.

Noun

saison (plural saisons)

  1. A kind of highly carbonated pale ale.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French saison, seson, seison, inherited from Latin satiō, satiōnem (“act of sowing, planting”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛ.zɔ̃/, /se.zɔ̃/
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Noun

saison f (plural saisons)

  1. season (one of the four parts of the year in temperate regions: winter, spring, summer and autumn)
  2. season (a certain time of the year, when something in particular happens)
    La saison de ski ― The skiing season
    La saison des fraises ― Strawberry season
  3. (sports) season (the time of the year when teams compete)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Czech: sezóna
  • → German: Saison
  • → Polish: sezon
  • → Romanian: sezon
  • → Russian: сезо́н (sezón)
  • → Turkish: sezon
  • → Ukrainian: сезо́н (sezón)

See also
Seasons in French · saisons (layout · text) · category
printemps (“spring”) été (“summer”) automne (“autumn”) hiver (“winter”)

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

saison (plural saisones)

  1. season

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin satiōnem (“act of sowing, planting”).

Noun

saison f (oblique plural saisons, nominative singular saison, nominative plural saisons)

  1. season (one of the four parts of the year: winter, spring, summer and autumn)
    Coordinate terms: printans, esté, autumne, yver

Descendants

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (saison, supplement)
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