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Webster 1913 Edition


Sedan

Se-dan′

,
Noun.
[Said to be named from
Sedan
, in France, where it was first made, and whence it was introduced into England in the time of King Charles I.]
A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, – usually borne on poles by two men. Called also
sedan chair
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sedan

SEDAN'

,
Noun.
[L. sedeo; like L. esseda] A portable chair or cover vehicle for carrying a single person. It is borne on poles by two men.

Definition 2024


sedan

sedan

See also: sedán and sedän

English

Noun

sedan (plural sedans)

  1. An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.
  2. (US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) A motorcar designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space.
    • 1986 May, Jack Keebler, U.S. Family Sedans - traditional techology takes on state of the art, Popular Science, page 24,
      What we are observing in this sedan square-off is the cumulative effect of modern design technology on the family sedan.
    • 1996, Dennis Adler, Fifties Flashback: The American Car, 2004, page 22,
      In addition there was a companion four-door sedan, mounted on the C- 38 Series 121.5-inch platform and equipped with the 1 14-horsepower L-head six.
    • 2005, Dennis W. Parks, American Hot Rod: How to Build a Hot Rod with Boyd Coddington, page 115,
      The 1929 Model A Tudor sedan on these pages will receive a mild top chop of 3 inches, combined with the installation of a rear delivery door and a filled roof.

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Finnish

Noun

sedan

  1. sedan (body style for cars)

Declension

Inflection of sedan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative sedan sedanit
genitive sedanin sedanien
partitive sedania sedaneja
illative sedaniin sedaneihin
singular plural
nominative sedan sedanit
accusative nom. sedan sedanit
gen. sedanin
genitive sedanin sedanien
partitive sedania sedaneja
inessive sedanissa sedaneissa
elative sedanista sedaneista
illative sedaniin sedaneihin
adessive sedanilla sedaneilla
ablative sedanilta sedaneilta
allative sedanille sedaneille
essive sedanina sedaneina
translative sedaniksi sedaneiksi
instructive sedanein
abessive sedanitta sedaneitta
comitative sedaneineen

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Portuguese

Noun

sedan m (plural sedans)

  1. Alternative spelling of sedã

Spanish

Verb

sedan

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of sedar.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of sedar.

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish siþan, from Old Norse síðan, related to sidlate’. See Norwegian siden. Cognate with Old English siþþan.

Adverb

sedan (not comparable)

  1. then, after this (that), afterwards; next in order
    Först försökte vi på mitt sätt, sedan på hans.
    First we tried my way, then his.
Alternative forms
  • sen (colloquial)

Conjunction

sedan

  1. since, from the time that (and often as a consequence of)
    Sedan vi sålde bilen cyklar vi överallt.
    Since we sold the car, we bike everywhere.
Alternative forms
  • sen (colloquial)

Preposition

sedan

  1. since; from a given point in time
    Sedan det året har vi varit tillsammans ständigt.
    Since that year, we have been together all the time.
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See also

  • för ... sedan

Etymology 2

From English sedan.

Noun

sedan c

  1. sedan; a body style of a car
Declension
Inflection of sedan 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sedan sedanen sedaner sedanerna
Genitive sedans sedanens sedaners sedanernas