Afrikaans sessie | ||
Albanian seancë | ||
Amharic ክፍለ ጊዜ | ||
Arabic جلسة | ||
Armenian նստաշրջան | ||
Assamese অধিৱেশন | ||
Aymara sisyuna | ||
Azerbaijani iclas | ||
Bambara sesiyɔn | ||
Basque saioa | ||
Belarusian сесія | ||
Bengali সেশন | ||
Bhojpuri सत्र | ||
Bosnian sesija | ||
Bulgarian сесия | ||
Catalan sessió | ||
Cebuano sesyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 会议 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 會議 | ||
Corsican sessione | ||
Croatian sjednica | ||
Czech zasedání | ||
Danish session | ||
Dhivehi ސެޝަން | ||
Dogri अजलास | ||
Dutch sessie | ||
English session | ||
Esperanto kunsido | ||
Estonian seanss | ||
Ewe akpa | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) session | ||
Finnish istunto | ||
French session | ||
Frisian sitting | ||
Galician sesión | ||
Georgian სესია | ||
German session | ||
Greek συνεδρία | ||
Guarani aporã | ||
Gujarati સત્ર | ||
Haitian Creole sesyon | ||
Hausa zama | ||
Hawaiian kau | ||
Hebrew מוֹשָׁב | ||
Hindi अधिवेशन | ||
Hmong kev sib kho | ||
Hungarian ülés | ||
Icelandic fundur | ||
Igbo nnọkọ | ||
Ilocano sesion | ||
Indonesian sidang | ||
Irish seisiún | ||
Italian sessione | ||
Japanese セッション | ||
Javanese sesi | ||
Kannada ಅಧಿವೇಶನ | ||
Kazakh сессия | ||
Khmer វគ្គ | ||
Kinyarwanda isomo | ||
Konkani सत्र | ||
Korean 세션 | ||
Krio tɛm | ||
Kurdish rûniştinî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وانە | ||
Kyrgyz сессия | ||
Lao ກອງປະຊຸມ | ||
Latin sessionem | ||
Latvian sesija | ||
Lingala eteni | ||
Lithuanian sesija | ||
Luganda olukiiko | ||
Luxembourgish sëtzung | ||
Macedonian сесија | ||
Maithili सत्र | ||
Malagasy fivoriana | ||
Malay sesi | ||
Malayalam സെഷൻ | ||
Maltese sessjoni | ||
Maori wātū | ||
Marathi सत्र | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯧꯔꯝ | ||
Mizo hunbik | ||
Mongolian хуралдаан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အပိုင်း | ||
Nepali सत्र | ||
Norwegian økt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) gawo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅଧିବେଶନ | ||
Oromo yeroo | ||
Pashto ناسته | ||
Persian جلسه | ||
Polish sesja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) sessão | ||
Punjabi ਸੈਸ਼ਨ | ||
Quechua ruwana | ||
Romanian sesiune | ||
Russian сессия | ||
Samoan sauniga | ||
Sanskrit सत्र | ||
Scots Gaelic seisean | ||
Sepedi tulo | ||
Serbian седница | ||
Sesotho nako | ||
Shona chikamu | ||
Sindhi سيشن | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වාරය | ||
Slovak zasadanie | ||
Slovenian sejo | ||
Somali fadhiga | ||
Spanish sesión | ||
Sundanese sési | ||
Swahili kipindi | ||
Swedish session | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sesyon | ||
Tajik сессия | ||
Tamil அமர்வு | ||
Tatar сессия | ||
Telugu సెషన్ | ||
Thai เซสชัน | ||
Tigrinya ፕሮግራም | ||
Tsonga nhlengeletano | ||
Turkish oturum, toplantı, celse | ||
Turkmen sessiýa | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔfa | ||
Ukrainian сесія | ||
Urdu اجلاس | ||
Uyghur session | ||
Uzbek sessiya | ||
Vietnamese phiên họp | ||
Welsh sesiwn | ||
Xhosa iseshoni | ||
Yiddish סעסיע | ||
Yoruba igba | ||
Zulu isikhathi |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "sessie" comes from the Latin phrase "se sessio" meaning "to sit" and also refers to the sittings of a governing council. |
| Albanian | The word "seancë" in Albanian also refers to a meeting or gathering, as well as a musical performance. |
| Amharic | The word "ክፍለ ጊዜ" can also mean "semester" or "term". |
| Arabic | 'جلسة' can also refer to a meeting or a sitting, or a particular time when a group of people come together for a specific purpose. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "iclas" comes from Arabic and also means "lesson" or "class" depending on the context. |
| Basque | Saioa can also mean "a time dedicated to do an activity; exercise". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word “сесія” comes from the Latin “sessio” and also means “performance” or “lesson”. |
| Bengali | In Bengali, the word 'সেশন' ('session') also refers to the period of a court sitting, a class meeting, or a meeting of a legislative body. |
| Bosnian | Bosnian word "sesija" shares its Slavic origin with many other languages including Polish, Russian, and Serbian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "сесия" (sesiya) in Bulgarian also means "examination period". |
| Catalan | In the 15th century, the term "sessió" was also used in Catalan to refer to a meeting of a governing body or a debate in a court. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, the word "sesyon" can also refer to a meeting or gathering of people. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "会议" (huìyì) also means "to discuss" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 會議 is also the Chinese word for a meeting. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "sessione" can also refer to a legal court hearing or assembly. |
| Croatian | "Sjednica" derives from the verb "sjesti" (to sit), and originally referred to a gathering of people sitting down to discuss something. |
| Czech | "Zaseda" can also mean a meeting of a legislative assembly or court or a person presiding at such a meeting. |
| Danish | The word "session" can also mean "meeting" or "term" in Danish. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "sessie" has a second meaning as a "spanking". |
| Esperanto | "Kunsido" comes from the Esperanto word "kun", meaning "together with", and "sido", meaning "sitting". |
| Estonian | In addition to its primary meaning of "session," "seanss" can also refer to a spiritualistic gathering or a film screening. |
| Finnish | "Istunto" in Finnish is derived from the Latin word "sessio" and originally referred to a meeting of a council or court. |
| French | The French word "session" can also mean a period of time spent in a particular place or activity. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "sitting" also refers to a meeting of a judicial or legislative body, or a period of time spent in such a meeting. |
| Galician | In Galician the word 'sesión' retains its Latin meaning of 'meeting', not just its Spanish one of 'school class'. |
| Georgian | The word "სესია" can also refer to a formal meeting or gathering, such as a court session or a legislative session. |
| German | In German 'Session' is also used to describe a legislative period or a court session |
| Greek | The word "συνεδρία" is derived from the Greek word "σύν" (together) and "ἕδρα" (seat), which is why it can also mean "meeting" or "council". |
| Gujarati | The word "સત્ર" in Gujarati can also mean "episode" or a "meeting". |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'sesyon' is also used in Haitian Creole to describe a religious ceremony or practice. |
| Hausa | The word "zama" can also refer to a gathering, meeting, or conference in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | Kau also means "a period of time", "a meeting of two or more persons", and a name for "the eighth month of the Hawaiian calendar." |
| Hebrew | The word "מוֹשָׁב" in Hebrew also refers to a type of agricultural settlement. |
| Hindi | The word "अधिवेशन" can also mean "conference" or "council" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The first syllable in “kev sib kho” is “kev” which means “gather, assemble, or meet” in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | "Ülés" can also mean "sitting" or "seat". |
| Icelandic | The word "fundur" also means "meeting" or "assembly" in Icelandic, deriving from the Old Norse word "fundr" with the same meaning. |
| Igbo | The word "nnọkọ" in Igbo can also mean "a meeting" or "a group of people gathered for a specific purpose." |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "sidang" derives from the Sanskrit root "sidh" meaning "to succeed", and also means "council" or "assembly". |
| Irish | Séisiún is sometimes used in Irish to refer to a gathering or conversation, as well as a musical session. |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "sessione" not only refers to a meeting or gathering, but also to the act of sitting or a period of time spent seated. |
| Japanese | セッション is Japanese for a type of meal in which dishes are served simultaneously or over a period of time, which is an adaptation of the Western three-course meal. |
| Javanese | The Javanese term "sesi," meaning "session," has several alternative connotations, including a gathering, a meeting, a period of study, or a time slot. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word 'ಅಧಿವೇಶನ' (adhivēshana) also refers to a meeting of a legislative assembly or a court. |
| Kazakh | The word "сессия" in Kazakh can also refer to a meeting or gathering of people. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "វគ្គ" (session) originated from the Sanskrit word "वर्ग" (group, class, category). |
| Korean | In Korean, the word "세션" (session) can also mean "a round of drinking or smoking". |
| Kurdish | From the word "rûnîştin" meaning "act of sitting" which comes from the verb "rûnîn" meaning "to sit or reside" which comes from the noun "rûn" meaning "leg". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "сессия" in Kyrgyz is derived from the Latin word "sessio", meaning "a sitting" or "a meeting". |
| Latin | The word "sessionem" in Latin can also refer to a period of time, such as a semester or a legislative session. |
| Latvian | "Sesija" and its plural form "sesijas" in Latvian can also mean "term", as in "school term" or "academic term". |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuania, "sesija" can also refer to a period of intense studying or exams at universities. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Sëtzung" is derived from the Middle French word "section" which means "session" or "sitting of a court or assembly". |
| Macedonian | "Сесија" comes from Latin "sessio", originally meaning a "meeting" or "assembly". |
| Malagasy | "Fivoriana" can also mean a "meeting" or "assembly". |
| Malay | "Sesi" can also refer to a meeting or a gathering. |
| Malayalam | Session can also mean a musical ensemble, especially one that plays improvised or recorded music to which dancers might perform. |
| Maltese | The etymology of the word "sessjoni" is unknown. It may be related to the French word "session" or the Latin word "sessio". |
| Maori | In Maori, the word "wātū" not only refers to a session or meeting but also a group of people who share a common purpose. |
| Marathi | The word "सत्र" in Marathi can also refer to a period of time, an assembly, or a meeting. |
| Mongolian | "Хуралдаан" is also an ancient administrative term, referring to the assemblies that the leaders of tribes would hold to make decisions. |
| Nepali | The word "सत्र" or "session" originated from the Latin word "sessio," meaning "a sitting" or "meeting." |
| Norwegian | Økt derives from the Old Norse word 'eykt', meaning 'addition' or 'increase', and refers to a period of time set aside for a specific activity. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Gawo" is a homonym for "session" in Nyanja, and also refers to a particular style of Nyanja music. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "ناسته" (nāsta) may refer to a meeting, a gathering, or a session, and it shares a root with the word "ناستيدل" (nāstīdal), meaning "to sit". |
| Persian | Persian "جلسه" (session) also means "meeting or gathering" and stems from Arabic "جلوس" (sit), where its first letters mean "place of sitting". |
| Polish | The Polish word "sesja" is also used to describe a series of photographs taken at one time. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Portuguese 'sessão' comes from the Latin 'sessio' meaning 'seat' or 'act of sitting', but is also used to refer to a meeting or gathering. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸੈਸ਼ਨ" is a loanword from English that has no alternate meanings in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "sesiune" can also refer to a parliamentary or academic term and to a court sitting during a specific period. |
| Russian | In Russian, the word "сессия" (sessiya) also refers to an examination period or academic term. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "sauniga" can also refer to a meeting or gathering of people. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'seisean' shares the same Gaelic root as 'seis', meaning 'stop, rest, cease' and can also refer to a pause in musical performance. |
| Serbian | The word "седница" is an old Slavic word for a public assembly or meeting and is related to the verb "сeдeти", meaning to sit down. |
| Sesotho | The word "nako" in Sesotho can also refer to a group of people gathering for a specific purpose. |
| Shona | The Shona word "chikamu" also means "a meeting or gathering of people for a particular purpose". |
| Sindhi | 'Session' is derived from Latin 'sessio' which means 'a sitting'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "වාරය" can also refer to a period of time, a particular instance, or an opportunity. |
| Slovak | The word "zasadanie" derives from the Old Slavic word "sedati" meaning "to sit" and its alternate meaning is "sitting". |
| Slovenian | The word 'sejo' also means 'to squat' in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "fadhiga" in Somali can also refer to a meeting or gathering of people. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "sesión" originates from the Latin "sessio," meaning "a sitting," but also carries meanings related to assemblies, hearings, and periods of time. |
| Sundanese | The word "sési" in Sundanese has an alternate meaning of "a meeting of people for a particular purpose, especially for discussion or consultation." |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "kipindi" can also refer to a specific unit of time, such as a period in school or a phase of the moon. |
| Swedish | Swedish "session" has roots in Latin, and can refer to the academic calendar or "act or fact of sitting for a portrait" |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The English word "session" originated from the Latin word "sessio," which means "a sitting," and entered the Tagalog language via Spanish. |
| Tajik | В русском языке "сессия" имеет также значения: „занятие, лекция“ и „заседание суда". |
| Tamil | The word அமர்வு can also refer to a gathering or assembly of people, especially for a specific purpose. |
| Telugu | The word 'సెషన్' (session) is ultimately derived from the Latin word 'sessio', which means 'a sitting or meeting'. |
| Thai | The word "เซสชัน" also means a period of time spent in a particular activity, such as a study session or a recording session. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "oturum, toplantı, celse" (session) can also refer to a gathering or assembly. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "сесія" comes from the Latin word "sessio," meaning a sitting or meeting, or a period of time set apart for a particular purpose. |
| Urdu | In Urdu, اجلاس (ijlás) can also mean 'the assembly of the Jinn' |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "sessiya" also refers to a period of time when an educational institution conducts exams or tests |
| Vietnamese | The word "phiên họp" also literally means "a shift of the meeting table" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word 'sesiwn' in Welsh can also refer to a court hearing or a meeting of a council. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "iseshoni" also means "a gathering"} |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "סעסיע" (session) likely derives from the Latin word "sessio" (sitting), which shares a similar meaning. |
| Yoruba | "Igba" also signifies a ritual gathering to resolve an issue in Yoruba land |
| Zulu | In Zulu, the word 'isikhathi' can also refer to 'time' or 'opportunity'. |
| English | The word “session” originates from the Latin word "sessio," meaning "a sitting," and has been used in English since the late 14th century to refer to assemblies or councils. |