Polyglot Dictionary

séisme

/se.ism/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les séismes

Meaning

  1. earthquake

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

tremblement de terre

séisme is more scientific or formal; tremblement de terre is more everyday and descriptive, literally "trembling of the earth" — both mean "earthquake."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

terremoto

terremoto is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "earthquake."

Portuguese

terremoto

terremoto is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "earthquake."

Practice

1 What does séisme mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ a été ressenti dans toute la région.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches séisme?

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