séisme
French, noun/se.ism/
séisme is spelled S-É-I-S-M-E (6 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Séisme is a French masculine noun meaning “earthquake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suite de secousses qui affecte, avec plus ou moins de force, la surface de la terre ou les fonds marins, et…”.
What does séisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineearthquake
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suite de secousses qui affecte, avec plus ou moins de force, la surface de la terre ou les fonds marins, et qui résulte de la propagation d'ondes provenant notamment du mouvement en profondeur des plaques de l'écorce terrestre. 2. Grand bouleversement.
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 séisme
- séismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce séisme?
- /se.ism/
- /se.izm/
- \se.ism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to séisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is séisme in French?
séisme appears 5.1 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).