saisie
French, noun/sɛ.zi/
saisie is spelled S-A-I-S-I-E (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saisie is a French feminine noun meaning “seizure (of drugs, property etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of saisi. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de saisir”.
What does saisie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineseizure (of drugs, property etc.)
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of saisi
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de saisir. 2. Prise de possession par une autorité publique de meubles ou d’immeubles, dont la propriété est revendiquée ou sur lesquels un créancier veut se faire payer. 3. Action de s’emparer provisoirement des choses qui sont l’objet d’une contravention, d’une poursuite, ou qui peuvent fournir la preuve d’un crime, d’un délit. 4. Numérisation par entrée, généralement au clavier, de documents par une personne.
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 saisie
- saisies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saisie?
- /sɛ.zi/
- /se.zi/
- \se.zi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saisie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saisie in French?
saisie appears 11 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).