passenger seat in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for passenger seat in the English»French Dictionary

passenger seat N

passenger seat

place f du passager

Translations for passenger seat in the French»English Dictionary

être à la place du mort (en voiture) inf

to sit in the front passenger seat

Translations for passenger seat in the English»French Dictionary

I.seat [Brit siːt, Am sit] N

1. seat (allocated place):

seat

place f

I sat down on or in the first seat I could find

je me suis assis à la première place que j'ai trouvée

the nearest available seat

la place la plus proche

to book or reserve a seat (in theatre, on train)

réserver une place

to keep a seat for sb

garder une place pour qn

to give up one's seat to sb

céder sa place à qn

to take sb's seat

prendre sa place à qn

has everybody got a seat?

est-ce que tout le monde est assis?

keep your seats please

nous vous prions de rester assis

take your seats please THEAT (before performance)

veuillez gagner vos places

take your seats please (after interval)

veuillez regagner vos places

the best seats in the house

les meilleures places

would you prefer a seat next to the window or next to the aisle? (on plane)

voulez-vous (une place côté) fenêtre ou (une place côté) couloir?

2. seat (type, object) MOTOR:

seat (gen)

siège m

seat (bench-type)

banquette f

leather/fabric seats

sièges en cuir/en tissu

the back seat

la banquette arrière

how many seats do we need to put out in the hall?

combien de sièges est-ce qu'il faut installer dans la salle?

‘take a seat’ (indicating)

‘prenez un siège’

take or have a seat

asseyez-vous

sit in the front seat

assieds-toi à l'avant

3. seat Brit POL (in parliament, on committee):

seat

siège m

safe/marginal seat

siège sûr/menacé

to win a seat

gagner un siège

they won the seat from the Democrats

ils ont enlevé ce siège aux Démocrates

the CDU lost seven seats to the Greens

la CDU a perdu six sièges au profit des Verts

to keep/lose one's seat

garder/perdre son siège

to have a seat on the council

siéger au conseil

to take up one's seat

entrer en fonction

4. seat (part of chair):

seat

siège m

5. seat (location, centre):

seat

siège m

seat of government/learning

siège du gouvernement/savoir

6. seat (residence):

seat

résidence f familiale

7. seat RIDING:

to have a good seat

avoir une bonne assiette

to keep one's seat

rester en selle

to lose one's seat

perdre son assiette

8. seat (bottom):

seat euph

postérieur m

9. seat (of pants, trousers):

seat

fond m

II.-seat COMP

a 150-seat plane/cinema

un avion/cinéma de 150 places

a single-seat constituency Brit

une circonscription à siège unique

III.seat [Brit siːt, Am sit] VB trans

1. seat (assign place to):

seat person

placer

to seat sb next to sb

placer qn à côté de qn

2. seat (have seats for):

the car seats five

c'est une voiture à cinq places

how many does it seat? (of car)

elle a combien de places?

the table seats six

c'est une table de six couverts

the room seats 30 people

la salle peut accueillir 30 personnes

IV.to seat oneself VB refl

to seat oneself refl:

to seat oneself

prendre place

to seat oneself at the piano/next to sb

prendre place au piano/à côté de qn

V.seated ADJ

seated

assis

to be seated at table, desk

être assis à

is everybody seated?

est-ce que tout le monde est assis?

please remain seated

veuillez rester assis

VI.seat [Brit siːt, Am sit]

to take/occupy a back seat fig

se mettre/se tenir en retrait

passenger [Brit ˈpasɪndʒə, Am ˈpæsɪndʒər] N

1. passenger:

passenger (in car, boat, plane, ship)

passager/-ère m/f

passenger (in train, bus, coach, tube)

voyageur/-euse m/f

2. passenger Brit (idler):

passenger pej

parasite m , tire-au-flanc inf

passenger seat in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for passenger seat in the English»French Dictionary

I.seat [si:t] N

1. seat (furniture):

seat

siège m

back seat

siège arrière

is this seat free/taken?

est-ce que cette place est libre/prise?

to keep a seat for sb

garder une place à qn

2. seat THEAT:

seat

fauteuil m

3. seat sing (part):

seat of a chair

siège m

seat of trousers, pants

fond m

4. seat (buttocks):

seat

fesses fpl

5. seat (elected position):

seat

siège m

to take one's seat

prendre ses fonctions

6. seat (country residence):

seat

résidence f

a country seat

un château

7. seat (style of riding):

seat

assiette f

Phrases:

by the seat of one's pants

par intuition

II.seat [si:t] VB trans

1. seat (sit down):

seat

asseoir

2. seat (offer a seat):

seat

placer

3. seat (have enough seats for):

the hall seats 250 guests

le réfectoire peut contenir 250 invités à table

passenger [ˈpæsəndʒəʳ, Am -əndʒɚ] N

passenger

passager(-ère) m (f)

passenger in public transport

voyageur(-euse) m (f)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Our passports were handed to another man with a walkie-talkie who jumped into our car's passenger seat.

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The optional leather upholstery package on the base model now included a power passenger seat recliner.

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These days, it's hard to not think about how this almost six-foot-tall rider in my passenger seat was once was my 1 a.m. bald-headed dance partner in the kitchen.

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Cars produced up to early 1972 had a fixed passenger seat and a removable passenger footrest.

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They eased him into the front passenger seat, and secured the safety belt.

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Take, for example, this driver who buckled up a blow-up doll into the passenger seat in order to ride in the HOV lane.

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To fold front passenger seat forward, the seat must slide back as far as possible to allow maximum leg room.

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However, the interior is designed so that the passenger seat can slide farther forward than the driver's seat.

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A special version with the spare tire mounted behind the passenger seat allowed for two small rear seats, facing each other.

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The purse could be stowed in a compartment in the back of the passenger seat, and its gold-plated medallion faced outward.

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