seis

See also: Seis, séis, and -seis

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English

Noun

seis

1. plural of sei

Anagrams

• Isse, sies, sise, -sies, -esis

Afrikaans

Etymology

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. Particularly: “odt missing”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səis/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

seis (plural seise)

1. scythe

   Synonym: sens

Aragonese

Aragonese numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: seiseno

Alternative forms

• sies, sieis

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sex (“six”). Cognates include Spanish seis and Catalan sis.

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

seis

1. six

References

• Juan Pablo Martínez Cortés et al. (2021), Gramatica basica de l'aragonés, Zaragoza: University of Zaragoza Press, page 121
• Martínez Tur, Feliciano; Rodés Orquín, Francho (2022), “seis / sies, sieis”, in Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán‎^[1], Zaragoza, Spain: Estudio de Filolochía Aragonesa, Edicions Dichitals de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, published April 2025, →ISSN, page 1026

Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seis     Ordinal : sestu

Alternative forms

• seyes (Eastern)
• ses (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese seis from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

seis (indeclinable)

1. six

Further reading

• “seis”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “seis”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Central Bikol

Central Bikol numbers ^(edit)

	60[a], [b]
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Cardinal: anom, seis     Ordinal: ika-anom

Alternative forms

• seys, seyis
• sais, says, sayis

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs

Proto-Italic *seks

Latin sex

Spanish seisbor.

Central Bikol seis

Borrowed from Spanish seis.

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

seís (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜁᜐ᜔)

1. six

   Synonym: anom

Related terms

• diyesiseis
• seis siyentos
• sesenta

Chavacano

Chavacano numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: aca-seis, ika-seis, sexta, sexto     Multiplier: sextuple

Alternative forms

• sais

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish seis (“six”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saˈʔis/ [sa.ˈʔis] (colloquial)

• Hyphenation: se‧is

Numeral

seis

1. six

Related terms

• deiciseis
• sesenta

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

• Krause & Slocum reconstruct IPA^(key): /ses/ with a short vowel

Numeral

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.

Extremaduran

Etymology

Akin to Spanish, from Latin sex.

Numeral

seis

1. six

Fala

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Fala numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sextu

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

Numeral

seis

1. six

Etymology 2

Determiner

seis m pl

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

Pronoun

seis m pl

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

See also

Fala possessive determiners and pronouns

			possessee
			singular		plural
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
possessor	first person	singular	mei	miña	meis	miñas
		plural	nosu	nosa	nosus	nosas
	second person	singular	tei	túa, tu1	teis	túas, tus1
		plural	vosu	vosa	vosus	vosas
	third person		sei	súa, su1	seis	súas, sus1

¹ Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 256

Finnish

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

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!

Derived terms

compounds

• hätä-seis-painike

Further reading

• “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

Anagrams

• Essi, essi

Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

	60[a], [b]
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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sexto     Ordinal abbreviation: 6º     Multiplier (standard): séxtuplo     Multiplier (reintegrationist): sêxtuplo
Galician Wikipedia article on 6

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsejs/ [ˈs̺ejs̺]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ejs

Numeral

seis (indeclinable)

1. six

References

• 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 Santamarina, 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

Guinea-Bissau Creole cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seis

Etymology

From Portuguese seis. Cognate with Kabuverdianu sais.

Numeral

seis

1. six (6)

Ingrian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

seis

1. inessive plural of setä

Livonian

Livonian numbers ^(edit)

	70
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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: seismõz, seismi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *säic'en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseis/, [ˈse̯iˑsˑ]

Numeral

seis

1. seven

Declension

Declension of seis (135)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	seis	seisõd
genitive (genitīv)	seis	seisõd
partitive (partitīv)	seisõ	seisidi
dative (datīv)	seisõn	seisõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	seisõks	seisõdõks
illative (illatīv)	seisõ	seisiž
inessive (inesīv)	seisõs	seisis
elative (elatīv)	seisõst	seisist

See also

• Livonian cardinals (1–11):

ikš, kakš, kuolm, nēļa, vīž, kūž, seis, kōdõks, īdõks, kim, ikštuoistõn

References

• 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

Mirandese numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: sesto

Etymology

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

Numeral

seis

1. six

Old Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛjs/

Numeral

seis

1. six

Descendants

• Occitan: sièis

Papiamentu

Papiamentu numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: seis

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese seisder.

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs

Proto-Italic *seks

Latin sex

Spanish seisder.

Portuguese seisder.

Kabuverdianu saisder.

Papiamentu seis

Derived from Portuguese seis, Spanish seis, and Kabuverdianu sais.

Numeral

seis

1. six (6)

Portuguese

Portuguese numbers ^(edit)

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

Alternative forms

• seys, seix (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsejs/ [ˈseɪ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsejs/ [ˈseɪ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsejʃ/ [ˈseɪ̯ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐjʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐjʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsejʃ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsejʃ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈseʃ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ejs, -ejʃ, -eʃ, -ɐjʃ
• Hyphenation: seis
• Homophone: cês (Brazil, Southern Portugal)

Numeral

seis m or f

1. six

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:seis.

Noun

seis m (invariable)

1. six

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:seis.

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: sais
• Macanese: sês
• Papiamentu: seis

See also

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

Further reading

• “seis”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “seis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romansh

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin sex (compare Spanish seis), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

seis

1. (Surmiran) six

Scots

Verb

seis

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of sei

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Irish *seise, from Old Norse sessi.

Noun

seis m (genitive singular seis, nominative 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

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

Alternative forms

• seyes

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), French six, Old English six (English six).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseis/ [ˈsei̯s]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eis
• Syllabification: seis

Numeral

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], archived from the original on 25 April 2026:

     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)

Descendants

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

See also

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

Further reading

• “seis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

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

Alternative forms

• sais — common

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs

Proto-Italic *seks

Latin sex

Spanish seisbor.

Tagalog seis

Borrowed from Spanish seis, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic *seks, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Cebuano sayis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /seˈʔis/ [sɛˈʔɪs] (dated)

    • Audio:

      (file)

  • IPA^(key): /saˈʔis/ [sɐˈʔɪs]

    • Audio:

      (file)

• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: se‧is

Numeral

seís (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜁᜐ᜔)

1. six

   Synonym: anim

Derived terms

• ikaseis

Related terms

• a-disiseis
• a-seis
• alas-seis
• beynte seis
• disiseis
• kuwarenta y seis
• nobenta y seis
• otsenta y seis
• seissiyentos
• seksahenarya
• seksteto
• sesenta
• sesenta y seis
• setenta y seis
• singkuwenta y seis
• treynta y seis

Noun

seís (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜁᜐ᜔)

1. (card games) six (card)

See also

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

Further reading

• “seis”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “seis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 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

West Frisian numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: seis     Ordinal: seiste

Etymology

From Old Frisian sex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. However, Spanish seis is a false cognate.

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /sai̯s/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /sɛi̯s/

Numeral

seis

1. six

Further reading

• “seis”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

seis c (plural seizen, diminutive seiske)

1. six

Further reading

• “seis”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011