seduta Italian · revision 38848

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1557, statutes of Lucca|origins=la sedeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /seˈdu.ta/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''seduta''' ''f'' (plural sedute)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine of [[seduto]], the past participle of [[sedere|t=to sit]], used as a noun.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary) DEI suggests it may have been modelled on [[fr|séance]], from [[m|fr|seoir|t=to be seated]], and DELI quotes Parenti's view that the word spread with the French occupation of Italy, although it is older.^(DEI|3440)^(DELI 1999) Devoto notes that the participle was formed like [[tenuto]] from [[tenere]], while the learned [[sessione]] continues the participle [[la|sessus]].^(Devoto 1968)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is in the statutes of Lucca of 1557, in the sense of a meeting of several people to discuss and decide.^(DELI 1999) GRADIT and Zingarelli date it to 1590.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word only became common at the time of the French occupation: in 1805 D'Alberti called it a Gallicism of the newspaper writers for the native ''tornata'' or ''sessione''.^(DELI 1999)^(DEI|3440) Tommaseo too linked it with French ''séance'' and distinguished it from ''adunanza'', a more solemn and conclusive assembly.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ The sitting of a model for a painter or sculptor is recorded before 1837, and an appointment with a professional, such as a doctor or dentist, before 1916 in Pitrè.^(DELI 1999) The adverbial phrase ''seduta stante'', “during the sitting itself”, came to mean “at once, there and then”.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011) In furniture the word also names the seat of a chair or sofa.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1557 – The statutes of Lucca use ''seduta'' for a meeting.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1590 – GRADIT's date for the word.^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1805 – D'Alberti records it as a Gallicism of journalists.^(DELI 1999)^(DEI|3440)

+ * Before 1837 – The sense “sitting of a model” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1916 – Giuseppe Pitrè uses it for a session with a professional.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|meeting]] or [[m|en|sitting]] of an assembly or a group of people, to discuss and decide: ''La seduta del consiglio è stata sospesa.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A session with a professional for consultation or treatment: ''Ho fissato tre sedute dal fisioterapista.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # A sitting of a model for a portrait or sculpture.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # The [[m|en|seat]] of a chair, armchair or sofa.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(uncommon)'' The act of sitting, mainly in ''per alzata e seduta'', a vote in which those in favour stand and those against stay seated.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[preseduta]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sedere]]

+ * [[sessione]]

+ * [[fr|séance]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Seduta stante'' means “immediately, on the spot”;^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(GRADIT 2003) ''seduta spiritica'' is a séance.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}