sei

Noun

sei (plural seis)

1. sei whale
   • 2005, Wayne Ledwell, Whales and Dolphins of Newfoundland and Labrador

     Seis also feed by engulfing small schooling fish.

Anagrams

• -ies, -ise, EIS, EIs, ESI, I'se, ies, sie

Pronunciation

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Numeral

sei

1. six

Numeral

sei

1. (cardinal) six

Etymology

From Old Portuguese seu, from Latin suus (“his, her, its”), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyos.

Pronoun

sei (plural seis, feminine sua, feminine plural suas)

1. third-person singular possessive pronoun (his, her, its)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, […]

     The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, […]

2. third-person plural possessive pronoun (their)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     En esta época en que otras lenguas de España son recuñucias por tos cumu uficiais en sei territoriu […]

     In this time when other languages of Spain are recognised by everyone as official in their territory […]

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian sei (“saithe”), via use in the 1950s and '60s on frozen fish packages of Norwegian origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯/
• Rhymes: -ei
• Hyphenation: sei

Noun

sei

1. (proscribed) saithe (Pollachius virens)

Anagrams

• eis, esi-, ies, sie

Verb

sei

1. first-person singular present indicative of saber

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaɪ̯/

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Verb

sei

1. First-person singular subjunctive I of sein.
   • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont

     Meinst du, ich sei ein Kind, oder wahnsinnig?

     Thinkest thou I am a child, or frantic?

2. Third-person singular subjunctive I of sein.
   • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont

     Er sieht oft aus, als wenn er in der völligen Überzeugung lebe, er sei Herr, und wolle es uns nur aus Gefälligkeit nicht fühlen lassen, [...]

     He carries himself as if he felt he were the master here, and were withheld by courtesy alone from making us feel his supremacy; [...]

3. Imperative singular of sein.
   • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont

     Geh deines Pfads, und sei ruhig.

     Go your way and be quiet.

Alternative forms

• (more common in the western dialects, though still found in Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian alongside sei) se

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛɪ̯/, /zaɪ̯/

Pronoun

sei

1. (in some dialects, including, Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) Alternative form of se (she - third person singular feminine pronoun)

   (Low Prussian) Sei ös Anke.

   She is Anke (Annie).

Pronoun

sei

1. (in some dialects, including, Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) Alternative form of se (they - third person plural pronoun)

Romanization

sei

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌴𐌹

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛi/, [ˈs̪ɛi̯]
• Hyphenation: sèi

Numeral

sei

1. (cardinal) six

Adjective

sei m, f (invariable)

1. six

Noun

sei m (invariable)

1. six

sei f pl

1. (following the article le) six o'clock (a.m. or p.m.)

   Sono le sei.

   It's six o'clock.

Verb

sei

1. second-person singular indicative present form of essere

See also

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette
otto	nove	dieci	fante	donna, regina	re	jolly, joker, matta

• Appendix:Italian numbers

Romanization

sei

1. Rōmaji transcription of せい

Etymology

From Old English sǣ.

Noun

sei

1. Alternative form of see (“sea”)

Etymology

From Old Norse seiðr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæj/
• Rhymes: -æj

Noun

sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seier, definite plural seiene)

1. pollock (Pollachius virens)

References

• “sei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæɪ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse seiðr

Etymology 2

References

• “sei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 1

Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.

Adjective

sei

1. (possessive) his
2. (possessive) its

Etymology 2

Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.

Verb

sei

1. to be

References

• Earl C. Haag, Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar (2010)

Alternative forms

• sey (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sej/

Verb

sei

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of saber
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 375:

     Confiem em mim. Sei o que estou fazendo...

     Trust me. I know what I'm doing...

Interjection

sei

1. (sarcastic) yeah, right (sarcastic expression of disbelief)

Verb

sei (third-person singular present seis, present participle seiin, past saw, past participle seen)

1. (South Scots) to see

   Div ee sei yon hoose ower there?

Etymology

From Latin sex.

Numeral

sei

1. (cardinal) six