saisine
French
Etymology
Apparently a feminine form of Old French seisin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛ.zin/
Noun
saisine f (plural saisines)
Further reading
- “saisine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Middle French
Noun
saisine f (plural saisines)
- possession (act, instance of possessing)
- circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
- [Ilz] prindrent la saisine du chastel
- [They] took possession of the castle
- [Ilz] prindrent la saisine du chastel
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References
- saisine on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
Old French
Alternative forms
- seisine
Noun
saisine f (oblique plural saisines, nominative singular saisine, nominative plural saisines)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (saisine, supplement)
Scots
Noun
saisine (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of sasine
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