SEDAN
What does "SEDAN" mean?
An enclosed passenger car with a separate trunk and seating for four or more.
Meanings
- A standard car body with a fixed roof, two or four doors, and a separate luggage compartment. They traded the minivan for a sleek silver sedan.
- An enclosed chair carried on poles by two bearers; a sedan chair. The duchess was borne to the ball in a curtained sedan. archaic
Did you know?
- Long before it meant a car, a 'sedan' was a chair carried on poles by two bearers - the enclosed-automobile sense only appears in American English around 1912.
Word origin
Of uncertain origin; the 'sedan chair' sense appeared in 1630s English, possibly from an Italian dialect word related to Latin 'sedere' (to sit), the same root as 'sedentary'.
Remember it
A SEDAN is for SEDentary travel - you just SEat yourself; the root and 'sedentary' share Latin 'sedere', to sit.
A little poem
Once two strong men bore the box you'd ride within;
now four soft tires hum the same wish to sit and begin.
couplet
Wordplay
- How was the old sedan chair the original ride-share? It seated one and had a two-person workforce.
What it teaches
The shape of comfort changes with the century, but the wish to be carried does not.
Quick facts
What does SEDAN mean?
An enclosed passenger car with a separate trunk and seating for four or more.
Is SEDAN a valid word?
Yes — SEDAN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SEDAN?
SEDAN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SEDAN come from?
Of uncertain origin; the 'sedan chair' sense appeared in 1630s English, possibly from an Italian dialect word related to Latin 'sedere' (to sit), the same root as 'sedentary'.
What can SEDAN teach us?
The shape of comfort changes with the century, but the wish to be carried does not.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.