seis

seis

1. plural of sei

• -esis, -sies, sies, sise

From Dutch zeis, from Middle Dutch seise, from older seisene, from Proto-West Germanic *segisnu. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /səis/

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seis (plural seise)

1. scythe

   Synonym: sens

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).

seis

1. six

• seyes

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).

seis (indeclinable)

1. six

From Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

• Krause & Slocum reconstruct IPA^(key): /ses/ with a short vowel[1]

seis

1. six
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Jussus ita numerabat. Ita, tua, tria, fyder, fyuf, seis, sevene, prorsus, ut nos Flandri.

     When asked, he counted thus: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, just as we Flemings do.

Akin to Spanish, from Latin sex.

seis

1. six

Originally the second-person singular imperative of seistä — the meaning "stand" has turned into "stop". Having been used as such an established interjection, this is generally no longer considered a verb form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯s/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯s̠]
• Rhymes: -eis
• Syllabification^(key): seis

seis!

1. stop!

• Essi, essi

From Old Portuguese seis, from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).

• IPA^(key): /sejs/

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seis (indeclinable)

1. six

From Portuguese seis. Cognate with Kabuverdianu sais.

seis

1. six (6)

From Proto-Finnic *säic'en.

seis

1. seven

• Livonian cardinals (1–11):

ikš, kakš, kuolm, nēļa, vīž, kūž, seis, kōdõks, īdõks, kim, ikštuoistõn (Compounds with both parts inflected given in bold)

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).

seis

1. six

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).

• IPA^(key): /sɛjs/

seis

1. six

• Occitan: sièis

From Portuguese seis and Spanish seis and Kabuverdianu sais.

seis

1. six (6)

• seys, seix (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese seis, seys, from Latin sex (“six”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).

• Rhymes: -ejʃ
• Hyphenation: seis

seis m or f

1. six

For quotations using this term, see Citations:seis.

seis m (invariable)

1. six

For quotations using this term, see Citations:seis.

• Kabuverdianu: sais
• Papiamentu: seis

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) sis
• (Puter, Vallader) ses

From Latin sex (compare Spanish seis), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

seis

1. (Surmiran) six

seis

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of sei

Inherited from Middle Irish *seise, from Old Norse sessi.

seis m (genitive singular seis, plural seisean)

1. sufficiency, enough
2. match, equal

   Cha d'fhuair Fionn a sheis riamh.

   Finn never met his match.

   Tha do sheis an taic riut.

   Your match is in contact with you.

3. friend, companion
4. satisfaction
5. treat, entertainment

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), French six, Old English six, English six.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseis/ [ˈsei̯s]

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• Rhymes: -eis
• Syllabification: seis

seis

1. six

• → Aklanon: sais
• → Cebuano: sayis
• → Tagalog: sais

• “seis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• Hyphenation: se‧is
• IPA^(key): /ˈseʔis/, [ˈse.ʔɪs]

seis

1. Alternative form of sais

From Old Frisian sex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /sai̯s/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /sɛi̯s/

seis

1. six

• “seis”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

seis c (plural seizen, diminutive seiske)

1. six

• “seis”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011