seis

seis

1. plural of sei

• -sies, sies, sise

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

• IPA^(key): /səis/

seis (plural seise)

1. scythe

   Synonym: sens

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

seis

1. (cardinal) six

• seyes

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

seis (indeclinable)

1. six

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

seis

1. six
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

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

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• 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]
• Hyphenation: seis

seis!

1. stop!

• Essi, essi

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

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seis (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) six

From Portuguese seis. Cognates with Kabuverdianu sais.

seis

1. (cardinal) six (6)

From Proto-Finnic *säic'en.

seis

1. (cardinal) 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. (cardinal) six

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

• IPA^(key): /sɛjs/

seis

1. (cardinal) six

• Catalan: sis
• Occitan: sièis

From Portuguese seis and Spanish seis and Kabuverdianu sais.

seis

1. (cardinal) six (6)

• seys, seix (obsolete)

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐjʃ/, /ˈsejʃ/
• Hyphenation: seis
• Rhymes: -ejʃ

seis m or f

1. six

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:seis.

seis m (plural seis)

1. six

For quotations of use of 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. (cardinal, Surmiran) six

seis

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

From Old 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 siex, English six.

• IPA^(key): /seis/, [sei̯s]
• Hyphenation: seis

seis

1. (cardinal) six

• → Aklanon: sais
• → Tagalog: sais

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

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