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- [si-dan]
- /sɪˈdæn/
- /sɪˈdæn/
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- [si-dan]
- /sɪˈdæn/
Definitions of sedan word
- noun sedan a city in NE France, on the Meuse River: defeat and capture of Napoleon III 1870. 1
- noun sedan saloon car 1
- noun sedan litter: carried chair 1
- countable noun sedan A sedan is a car with seats for four or more people, a fixed roof, and a boot that is separate from the part of the car that you sit in. 0
- noun sedan a closed two-door or four-door car with four to six seats 0
- noun sedan a town in NE France, on the River Meuse: passed to France in 1642; a Protestant stronghold (16th–17th centuries); scene of a French defeat (1870) during the Franco-Prussian War and of a battle (1940) in World War II, which began the German invasion of France. Pop: 19 219 (2008) 0
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Origin of sedan
First appearance:
before 1625 One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1625-35; of obscure origin
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Parts of speech for Sedan
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sedan popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sedan usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sedan
noun sedan
- automobile — An automobile is a car.
- bucket of bolts — (Idiomatic) A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often of old cars.
- car — a self-propelled road vehicle designed to carry passengers, esp one with four wheels that is powered by an internal-combustion engine
- clunker — If you describe a machine, especially a car, as a clunker, you mean that it is very old and almost falling apart.
- coupe — A coupé is a car with a fixed roof, a sloping back, two doors, and seats for four people.
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