seize
French, number/sɛz/
seize is spelled S-E-I-Z-E (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,605th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seize is a French number meaning “sixteen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does seize mean in English?
number
- 1
sixteen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Le nombre cardinal situé après quinze en y ajoutant un, et avant dix-sept, représenté 16 en chiffres arabes, et XVI en chiffres romains. 2. Seizième.
noun: 1. Nombre 16, entier naturel après quinze. 2. Chose portant le numéro 16. 3. Seizième jour du mois. 4. Seizième partie d’une aune, soit 7,43 cm.
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.
How do you pronounce seize?
- /sɛz/
- Quebec [saiz]
- \sɛz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to seize
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seize in French?
seize appears 10 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).