seiche
French, noun/sɛʃ/
seiche is spelled S-E-I-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seiche is a French feminine noun meaning “cuttlefish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mollusque marin, qui jette un liquide noir pour masquer sa fuite et dont l’ossature est constituée d’un seul…”.
What does seiche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecuttlefish
noun
- 1
feminineseiche
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mollusque marin, qui jette un liquide noir pour masquer sa fuite et dont l’ossature est constituée d’un seul os de substance friable.
noun: 1. Onde stationnaire dans un bassin, un lac.
noun: 1. Cigarette.
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 seiche
- seiches plural
- sèche
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seiche?
- /sɛʃ/
- \sɛʃ\
- [sɛʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to seiche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seiche in French?
seiche appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).