sittings in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sittings in the English»French Dictionary

I.sitting [Brit ˈsɪtɪŋ, Am ˈsɪdɪŋ] N

1. sitting (session):

sitting ADMIN, ART, PHOTO

séance f

an all-night sitting ADMIN

une séance de nuit

I read it at one sitting

je l'ai lu d'un seul trait

2. sitting (period in which food is served):

sitting

service m

3. sitting (incubation period):

sitting

couvaison f

II.sittings N

sittings npl Brit LAW:

sittings

les quatre sessions de l'année judiciaire

III.sitting [Brit ˈsɪtɪŋ, Am ˈsɪdɪŋ] ADJ

1. sitting (seated):

to be in a sitting position

être assis

2. sitting FARM:

sitting hen

couveuse f

sitting member N Brit POL

sitting member

député m en exercice

sitting duck N inf

sitting duck

cible f facile

sitting duck

victime f facile

sitting room N

sitting room

salon m

sitting trot N RIDING

sitting trot

trot m assis

sitting tenant N LAW

sitting tenant

locataire mf dans les lieux

sitting target N lit, fig

sitting target

cible f facile

bedsit, bedsitter, bed-sitting room N Brit inf

bedsit

chambre f meublée

Translations for sittings in the French»English Dictionary

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sortant (sortante) (susceptible d'être reconduit) député, président

sitting

tapecul

sitting trot (without stirrups)

sittings in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sittings in the English»French Dictionary

sitting N (meal session)

sitting

service m de repas

sitting tenant N

sitting tenant

locataire mf en titre

sitting duck N

sitting duck

cible f facile

sitting target N (easy prey)

sitting target

proie f facile

sitting room N Brit

sitting room

salon m

sitting member N Brit POL

sitting member

membre m attitré du Parlement

bedsitter N Brit, bed-sitting room N Brit form

bedsitter

chambre f meublée

Translations for sittings in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

baby-sitting

baby-sitting

assis(e)

sitting

être assis en tailleur

to be sitting cross-legged

sittings Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

sitting in the window

assis devant la fenêtre

as sure as I'm standing/sitting here

aussi sûr que deux et deux font quatre

to be sitting doing sth

être assis en train de faire qc

to be sitting pretty

être bien loti

to be sitting down

être assis

to be sitting pretty

avoir le bon filon

to be sitting on the ground

être assis par terre

to eat at the first/second sitting

manger au premier/second service

to be sitting astride the chair

être à cheval sur la chaise

to be sitting down at the table drinking wine

être attablés autour d'une bouteille de vin

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She started her working life as a switchboard operator in a commerce bank and did some sittings as a photographer's model.

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Portraits did not generally require lengthy sittings; typically a series of preparatory drawings were used to flesh out the final panel.

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His ongoing portrait project of artist have been intimate, close-up sittings, typically conducted in the artist's studio.

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Wildlife will be affected by the proposed development, with confirmed sittings of barn owl, cuckoo, lapwing, skylark, goldfish, sparrow hawk, little egret and hares on the site.

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He was able to wangle 18 separate two-hour sittings.

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Should a coder fail to get both papers within 3 sittings they must resit both papers on the fourth (even if they had passed one of the papers previously).

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She specialises in portraiture, particularly of young people, painted from photographs rather than live sittings.

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The medium may obtain information about their sitters by secretly eavesdropping on sitter's conversations or searching telephone directories, the internet and newspapers before the sittings.

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This building helped to resolve the problem of over-crowding at lunchtime, allowing lunch to be served in two sittings, rather than four.

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The church served hot lunches over the course of three sittings, with traditional offerings including turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and pie.

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