Definitions for seiche

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seiche seiche

Spelling: [seysh]

IPA: /seɪʃ/

Seiche is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in seiche (ceehis).

Definitions for seiche

noun

1. an occasional and sudden oscillation of the water of a lake, bay, estuary, etc., producing fluctuations in the water level and caused by wind, earthquakes, changes in barometric pressure, etc.

Origin of seiche

Borrowed into English from Franco-Provençal around 1830-40

Examples for seiche

Cenéle amus: salanaig buale ⁊ buicc brodnai ⁊ eóin erchoille ⁊ seiche corad.

Notwithstanding the strange, not to say grotesque, appearance of its beak, the seiche is decidedly an interesting creature.

A seiche is a standing oscillation of a lake, usually in the direction of the longest diameter, but occasionally transverse.

The Vilaine receives the Meu and the seiche, which are both navigable.