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, Legationis Turcicae Epistolae Quatuor, page 389:

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

     When I asked him to count, he did so as follows: 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”. This is however generally no longer considered a verb form, seeing as it has been used as such an established interjection, and consonant-stem verb forms have generally fallen out of use (note that e.g. seistä is defective in modern Finnish).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯s/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯s̠]
• Rhymes: -eis
• Syllabification^(key): seis
• 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 3 July 2023

• 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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “seis”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “seis”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seis”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seis”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

Livonian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: seismõz, seismi

From Proto-Finnic *säic'en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseis/, [ˈse̯iˑs]

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)

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “seis”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Mirandese numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sesto

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)

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

• seys, seix (obsolete)

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

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• 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, rainha	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)

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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):

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• Rhymes: -eis
• Syllabification: seis

seis

1. six
   • 2025 July 7, Sophie Tanno, “Aumentan los llamados para prohibir al partido ultraderechista AfD en Alemania, pese a su creciente popularidad”, in CNN en Español‎^[4]:

     Varios intentos —en 2003, 2016 y 2021— de prohibir al ultraderechista Partido Nacional Democrático de Alemania (NPD) fracasaron. Aunque en 2017 el tribunal reconoció abiertamente que el partido era inconstitucional, concluyó que no representaba una amenaza significativa para el orden constitucional. En enero de 2024, el tribunal aprobó congelar la financiación estatal del NPD por seis años.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• → 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], 10 December 2024

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

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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/ [sɛˈʔɪs] (dated)

    • Audio:

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  • IPA^(key): /saˈʔis/ [sɐˈʔɪs]

    • Audio:

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• 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	sota	reyna, kabayo	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. However, Spanish seis is a false cognate.

• (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