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Sensheadquarters (of an organization)
Espagnol
/ˈsede/
fém.savant
Also sede central; oficinas centrales in business.
Français
/sjɛʒ/
masc.autre source · Vulgar Latin *SEDICUM 'seat', from SEDĒRE 'to sit'
Also simply 'seat': le siège passager.
Italien
/ˈsɛde/
fém.savant
Portugais
/ˈsɛdʒi/
fém.savant
Said with a close e, sede (from SITIM) means 'thirst'.
Roumain
/seˈdiu/
neutresavant
Catalan
/sɛw/
fém.héréditaire
The same word names a cathedral: the bishop's seat.
Anglais
/ˈhɛdkwɔɹtɚz/
anglais natif · English head + quarters (Old French quartier)
Originally the commander's lodgings in a camp.
L’ancêtre latin
SĒDEM‘seat’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
The sisters call headquarters the organization's 'seat'. French siège comes from a different word for seat, built on the same verb SEDĒRE; English siege is the army 'sitting' before a town.
Parents anglais: see (a bishop's), sedentary, sediment, siege
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esLa sede de la empresa está en Madrid.
- frLe siège de l'entreprise est à Madrid.
- itLa sede dell'azienda è a Madrid.
- ptA sede da empresa fica em Madri.
- roSediul companiei este la Madrid.
- caLa seu de l'empresa és a Madrid.
- enThe company's headquarters is in Madrid.
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