seggio

Meaning

1. (masculine) seat for those in power; throne
2. (broadly, figuratively, masculine) seat; role; authority
3. (broadly, figuratively, masculine) the seat for each senator, representative, etc.

Concepts

chair

🪑

seat

💺

stall

polls

Synonyms

panca

Translations

siège

💺

Sitz

💺

sitial

💺

bureau

asiento

💺

Polsterbank

ακινητοποιούμαι

escaño

💺

col·legi electoral

scamnum

zetel

🪑

banc

assento

💺

escó

Hyphenated as

sèg‧gio, ség‧gio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛd.d͡ʒo/

Etymology

From an old conjugated form of the verb sedere (“to sit”)(cf. the forms with -gg-, also Latin sedeō), or an archaic variant seggere. Cf. also sedia. Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *sedium or *sidium.