seiche
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seiche
- /seɪʃ/ UK
- /seɪʃ/ US
- /sit͡ʃ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃ
Where it comes from
From Swiss French seiche, perhaps from German Seiche (“sinking”).
noun seiches
- A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, or other confined body of water such as a fjord, characteristic of its geometry. In September 2023, we detected the start of a 9-day-long, global . . . very-long-period seismic signal, originating from East Greenland. . . .this event started with a glacial thinning-induced rock-ice avalanche of 25 million cubic meters plunging into Dickson Fjord, triggering a 200-meter-high tsun
Translations
Talk about this word "seiche." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/seiche. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. seiche. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/seiche "seiche." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/seiche.Cite this
@misc{seiche_2026,
title = {seiche},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seiche},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
