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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swiss French seiche, perhaps from German Seiche (“sinking”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /seɪʃ/
- (US) IPA(key): /seɪʃ/, /sit͡ʃ/
,Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃ
Noun[edit]
seiche (plural seiches)
- (hydrology) A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, characteristic of its geometry.
Translations[edit]
standing wave in a lake
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía).
Noun[edit]
seiche f (plural seiches)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Swiss French, of uncertain origin. Possibly from German.
Noun[edit]
seiche f (plural seiches)
Further reading[edit]
- “seiche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seiche f (genitive singular seiche, nominative plural seichí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of seiche
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
seiche | sheiche after an, tseiche |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62
Middle Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *sekess, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) (compare Icelandic sigg (“callus, hard skin”)).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seiche f
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Middle Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
seiche | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sex-skā/i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 seiche, seithe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía).
Noun[edit]
seiche f (plural seiches)
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seiche f (genitive singular seiche, plural seichean or seicheannan)
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
seiche | sheiche after "an", t-seiche |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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