different between sei vs sci

English

Etymology

From sei whale, from Norwegian seihval, seikval, from sei (“pollock”) + hval (“whale”). Doublet of saithe.

Noun

sei (plural seis)

1. A sei whale.

Anagrams

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

Basque

Alternative forms

• xei (Gipuzkoan)

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Basque *sei (“six”), which, despite its similarity with Spanish seis, Portuguese seis, French six and Latin sex, is not a Romance borrowing. Often compared with Iberian ?ei (“six”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /s?ei/

Numeral

sei

1. six

Declension

References

Further reading

• “sei” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “sei” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swé?s. Cognates include Italian sei and Spanish seis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sej/
• Hyphenation: sei

Numeral

sei

1. six

References

• “sei” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Fala

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)
2. third-person plural possessive pronoun (their)

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sei?/, [?s?e?i?]
• Rhymes: -ei
• Syllabification: sei

Noun

sei

1. (proscribed) saithe (Pollachius virens)

Declension

Synonyms

• seiti

Derived terms

• pakastesei

Anagrams

• eis, esi-, ies, sie

Galician

Verb

sei

1. first-person singular present indicative of saber

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za??/

Verb

sei

1. first-person singular subjunctive I of sein
   • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont (English translation)

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

     Geh deines Pfads, und sei ruhig.

     Go your way and be quiet.

Gothic

Romanization

sei

1. Romanization of ????????????

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swé?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?i/, [?s??i?]
• Hyphenation: sèi

Numeral

sei

1. six

Noun

sei m (invariable)

1. six

Related terms

• a sei zeri
• seicentesco
• seicento, Seicento
• seienne
• sei giorni
• seimila
• senario
• sestante
• sestetto
• sestina
• sesto

Verb

sei

1. second-person singular indicative present of essere

See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

Japanese

Romanization

sei

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Low German

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z???/, /za??/

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)

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English s?.

Noun

sei

1. Alternative form of see (“sea”)

Descendants

• English: sea

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German si(e) (“they”), merged from Old High German sie m pl, sio f pl, siu n pl, from Proto-Germanic *?z m, *ijôz f, *ij? n, the nominative plural forms of *iz. Cognate with German sie, Dutch zij.

Pronoun

sei

1. they

Inflection

References

• “sei” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæ?/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse seiðr

Noun

sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seiar, definite plural seiane)

1. pollock (Pollachius virens)

Derived terms

• seikval

Etymology 2

Verb

sei

1. imperative of seia and seie

References

• “sei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa??/

Etymology 1

Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.

Adjective

sei

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

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.

Verb

sei

1. to be

Usage notes

• Also used as the less common auxiliary verb to form the past tense along with the past participle.

Conjugation

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sey (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s?j/, /sej/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sej/

Verb

sei

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of saber

Interjection

sei

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

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?i?]

Verb

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

1. South Scots form of see

References

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin sex.

Numeral

sei

1. six

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese ? (MC ??).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?ei??/
• Tone numbers: sei¹
• Hyphenation: sei

Noun

sei (old orthography sei)

1. poetry, poem

English

Noun

sci (plural scis)

1. Abbreviation of science, sciences.

Derived terms

• sci-fi/scifi

Anagrams

• -ics, CIS, CIs, CSI, ICS, ICs, I²Cs, SIC, cis, cis-, sic

Italian

Etymology

From Norwegian ski.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i/

Noun

sci m (invariable)

1. (skiing, sports) ski
2. (skiing, sports) skiing

Derived terms

Related terms

• sciatore

See also

• sport invernali

Anagrams

• cis, ics

Ladin

Adverb

sci

1. yes

Latin

Verb

sc?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sci?

Sicilian

Noun

sci m

1. (uncountable) skiing
2. (countable) ski