English-French translations for sitting

• séance f
• service
  Je demande au service de la séance d'apporter les corrections nécessaires dans le procès-verbal. I ask the Sittings Service to make the necessary corrections in the Minutes.
  Monsieur le Président, je voudrais, pour sauver l'honneur des services, vider la question. Mr President, to save the honour of the Sittings service, I shall explain matters.
  Le service de la séance me dit qu'il n'est pas d'accord, mais je demande à M. Davies de nous éclairer. The Sittings Service is not in agreement, but I will ask Mr Davies to explain briefly.

Definition of sitting

• A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
• A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc
• A legislative session (in the sense of "meeting", not "period
• A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird
• Uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything
• Executed from a sitting position

Examples

• Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.
• The Queen had three sittings for her portrait.
• we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggs

Related words

• baby-sitting
• babysitting
• sitting-room
• facesitting
• Sittingbourne
• home-sitting
• sitting duck
• sitting room
• sitting toilet