seis

seis

1. plural of sei

• Isse, sies, sise, -sies, -esis

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. odt missing

• IPA^(key): /səis/

• Audio:

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seis (plural seise)

1. scythe

   Synonym: sens

Aragonese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seis

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

seis

1. six

Asturian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seis     Ordinal : sestu

• seyes

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

seis (indeclinable)

1. six

• seys, seyis
• sais, says, sayis

Borrowed from Spanish seis.

• IPA^(key): /seˈʔis/ [seˈʔis]
• Hyphenation: se‧is

seís (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜁᜐ᜔)

1. six

   Synonym: anom

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯s/
• Rhymes: -ei̯s
• Syllabification: seis

Fala numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sextu

From Old Galician-Portuguese seis, from Latin sex (“six”).

seis

1. six

seis m pl

1. masculine plural of sei (“his, her, its, their”)

seis m pl

1. masculine plural of sei (“his, hers, its, theirs”)

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

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
• Hyphenation^(key): seis

seis!

1. stop! (do not move! stop moving!)
2. stop, cease, halt

   Synonyms: poikki, stop

   työt seis! ― stop working!

   pelit seis! ― halt the game! / stop playing!

• “seis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• Essi, essi

Galician numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sexto     Ordinal abbreviation: 6º     Multiplier (standard): séxtuplo     Multiplier (reintegrationist): sêxtuplo
Galician Wikipedia article on 6

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsejs/ [ˈs̺ejs̺]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ejs

seis (indeclinable)

1. six

Guinea-Bissau Creole cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seis

From Portuguese seis. Cognate with Kabuverdianu sais.

seis

1. six (6)

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsetisːæ/, [ˈs̠e̞tʲis̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈse.is/, [ˈʃe̞.iʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -etisː, -e.is
• Hyphenation: seis

seis

1. inessive plural of setä

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

Papiamentu cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seis

From Portuguese seis and Spanish seis and Kabuverdianu sais.

seis

1. six (6)

Portuguese numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sexto     Ordinal abbreviation: 6.º, 6º     Multiplier: sêxtuplo     Fractional: sexto     Group: sexteto
Portuguese Wikipedia article on 6

• seys, seix (obsolete)

From Old Galician-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
• Macanese: sês
• Papiamentu: seis

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama	rei	jóquer, curinga

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

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

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sexto     Ordinal abbreviation: 6.º     Multiplier: séxtuple     Fractional: sexto
Spanish Wikipedia article on 6

Inherited 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]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eis
• Syllabification: seis

seis

1. six

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

Playing cards in Spanish · cartas (layout · text)
as	dos	tres	cuatro	cinco	seis	siete
ocho	nueve	diez	sota	reina	rey	comodín

• “seis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: anim     Spanish cardinal: seis     Ordinal: ikaanim, pang-anim     Ordinal abbreviation: ika-6, pang-6     Adverbial: makaanim     Multiplier: anim na ibayo     Distributive: tig-anim, animan, anim-anim     Restrictive: aanim     Fractional: kanim, sangkanim, saikanim, kaanim, sangkaanim, ikaanim, saikaanim
Tagalog Wikipedia article on 6

• sais — common

Borrowed from Spanish seis, from Latin sex. Compare Cebuano sayis.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /seˈʔis/ [sɛˈʔis] (dated)
  • IPA^(key): /saˈʔis/ [sɐˈʔis]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: se‧is

seís (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜁᜐ᜔)

1. six

   Synonym: anim

seís (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜁᜐ᜔)

1. (card games) six (card)

Playing cards in Tagalog · baraha (layout · text)
alas	dos	tres	kuwatro	singko	seis	siyete
otso	nuwebe	diyes	kabayo, sota	reyna	hari	diyoker, payaso

• “seis”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “seis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 527

West Frisian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seis     Ordinal : seiste

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