siedzieć

Signification

1. to sit (to be positioned on one's buttocks)
2. to sit (to have one's weight on the buttocks or on one's hind legs)
3. to sit (to stop flight somewhere)
4. to sit (to be strongly fastened somewhere; to be positioned)
5. (colloquial) to hang out (to spend some time somewhere)
6. (colloquial) to serve time, to be in for (to serve a prison sentence)
7. (colloquial) to be engaged in something
8. (colloquial) to distrain (to seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt)
9. to reside (to take residence somewhere permanently)
10. (colloquial) to work (to have some position somewhere)
11. (colloquial) to sit on (to have in one's possession)

Coupé comme

sie‧dzieć

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɕɛ.d͡ʑɛt͡ɕ/

Étymologie

Inherited from Old Polish siedzieć. Cognates include Latvian sēdēt, Lithuanian sėdėti and Latin sedeō.

Phrases

" Co to za rozkosz siedzieć na koniu i mieć broń w ręku !"

"Quel est le plaisir de s'asseoir sur un cheval et d'avoir une arme à la main!"