saie
French, noun/sɛ/
saie is spelled S-A-I-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saie is a French feminine noun meaning “a short garment worn by ancient Persians, Romans, and Gauls in combat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vêtement court que les Perses, les Romains et les Gaulois portaient à la guerre”.
What does saie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea short garment worn by ancient Persians, Romans, and Gauls in combat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vêtement court que les Perses, les Romains et les Gaulois portaient à la guerre.
noun: 1. Petite brosse de poil de porc, dont se servent les orfèvres pour nettoyer leur ouvrage.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of saie
- saies plural
- saye
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saie?
- /sɛ/
- \sɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is saie in French?
saie appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).