ses

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ses"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Senni with s as a placeholder.

Symbol

ses

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Koyraboro Senni.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Koyraboro Senni terms

English

Noun

ses

1. Alternative spelling of sess (sensimilla)
   • 2003 June 3, “My Block 2 Yo Block”, in That Hella-Thurl Sh!#‎^[1], performed by Da Hol’ 9:

     Hit the West, smoke some of that ses, you’ll probably pass out when it reach your dome.

   • 2013 July 16, “Mascara”, in Holla‎^[2], performed by GDP (musician),Wicca Phase Springs Eternal:

     [GDP] And I rest all day. And I stress all day. Smoke ses all day. I’m depressed all day.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Raw”, in High Five‎^[3], performed by Hitman:

     Just deserts get served. And that’s the word. I smoke ses in my street. No big bird.

Noun

ses

1. plural of se

Anagrams

• SSE, ESS, Ess., ess, -ess, Ess

Afrikaans

Afrikaans numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: ses     Ordinal: sesde     Ordinal abbreviation: 6de

Etymology

From Dutch zes, from Middle Dutch ses, from Old Dutch ses, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈses/

Numeral

ses

1. six

Ahtna

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan. Compare Lower Tanana theth, Navajo bizis.

Noun

ses (possessed form zes)

1. skin, hide (of an animal)

   deniigi zes ― moosehide

2. case, container

   kʼaʼ zes ― gun case (literally, “gun skin”)

Inflection

Possessives of ses

	singular	plural
3rd person	uzes, izes	hwzes, kuzes
Reflexive	dezes	hdezes
Indefinite	cʼezes
Reciprocal	niłzes

Derived terms

• cʼedeʼ dezes (“antler velvet”)
• cʼetlʼases (“skirt”)
• cʼezes (“a tanned skin”)
• -dzenases (“pericardium”)
• iʼtsazes (“large intestine”)
• -nehzes (“eyelid”)
• tazes (“sail, canvas”)
• tsayʼtsiy zes (“knife sheath”)
• tselses (“ground squirrel skin”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 459

Etymology 2

Related to yes (“to escape”), -yiigeʼ (“spirit”), and -yiitsʼ (“breath”).

Noun

ses

1. safety
2. protection
3. luck

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 438

Baure

Noun

ses

1. sun

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sessus (literally “act of sitting”). Compare Spanish sieso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈse̞s]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈses]
• Rhymes: -es

Noun

ses m (plural sessos)

1. anus, lowermost part of the rectum

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin sās, reduced form of Latin suās.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /səs/ (always unstressed)
• (Valencia, Alghero) IPA^(key): /ses/ (always unstressed)

Determiner

ses

1. feminine plural of son

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /səs/ (always unstressed)
• (Valencia, Alghero) IPA^(key): /ses/ (always unstressed)

Article

ses f pl

1. (dialectal, Balearic) feminine plural definite article; the

See also

• salat

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛs]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛs

Contraction

ses

1. contraction of jsi +‎ se

Usage notes

When using a reflexive verb in the second-person singular past form and in conditional, the auxiliary verb být (“to be”) is replaced with just -s appended to the reflexive pronoun se, si. The full form “jsi se”, “jsi si” is proscribed as hypercorrect.

Related terms

• sis

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈseˀs]

Verb

ses

1. present tense passive of se
2. infinitive passive of se

Phrase

ses

1. abbreviation of vi ses (“see you”)

Esperanto

Esperanto numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: ses     Ordinal: sesa     Adverbial: sese     Multiplier: sesobla, sesopa     Fractional: sesona, sesono

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs

Proto-Italic *seks

Latin sexder.

Esperanto ses

Derived from Latin sex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ses/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Audio 3:

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• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: ses

Numeral

ses

1. six (6)

Derived terms

• sesangulo (“hexagon”)
• sesjara (“six-year”)
• seso (“set or group of six”)

Further reading

• “ses”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “ses”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Estonian

Pronoun

ses

1. inessive singular of see

Franco-Provençal

Determiner

ses

1. feminine plural of son
2. alternative form of sos, masculine plural of son

French

Etymology

From Old French ses.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ/, (in liaison) /sɛ.z‿/ ~ /se.z‿/
• IPA^(key): /se/, (in liaison) /se.z‿/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Homophones: cé, ces, cés

Determiner

ses pl

1. his, her, its, their, one's (when referring to a plural noun)

   Alicia dîne chez ses parents.

   Alicia is having dinner at her parents' house.

   Thomas a perdu ses clés.

   Thomas has lost his keys.

   Tout le monde doit apporter ses documents.

   Everyone needs to bring their documents.

Related terms

French possessive determiners

			possessee
			singular		plural
			m	f
possessor	singular	1st	mon1	ma	mes
		2nd	ton1	ta	tes
		3rd	son1	sa	ses
	plural	1st	notre		nos
		2nd	votre2		vos2
		3rd	leur		leurs

¹ Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
² Also used as the polite singular form.
For the singular persons there are gender-neutral neologisms man, tan, san. These are extremely rare.

Further reading

• “ses”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Lombard

Alternative forms

• sés, sex (Western orthographies)
• sess, séss (Eastern orthographies)

Etymology

From Latin sex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ses/, [seːs]
• IPA^(key): /ses/, [heːs], [heːh], [heː] (High Brescian and Bergamasque)

Numeral

ses

1. six.

Lower Tanana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səs/

Noun

ses (Toklat-Bearpaw)

1. bear, black bear

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 505

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ses, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zes/

Numeral

ses

1. six

Descendants

• Dutch: zes
  • Afrikaans: ses
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: sesi
  • Javindo: ses
  • Jersey Dutch: zääs
  • Negerhollands: ses, sees
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: ses
  • → Trió: ses
• Limburgish: zès
• West Flemish: zèsse
• Zealandic: zes

Further reading

• “ses”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sesse”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page sesse

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sees

Verb

ses

1. passive of se

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sest (sole current standard)

Verb

ses

(non-standard since 2012)

1. inflection of sjåas:
   1. present tense
   2. supine

Old French

Pronoun

ses

1. his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)

Descendants

• French: ses

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin sine + -s. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “explain the -s”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ses/

Preposition

ses

1. without

Piedmontese

Piedmontese cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : ses

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Italic *seks. Cognates include Italian sei and French six.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ses/

Numeral

ses

1. six

Romansh

Alternative forms

• sis (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• seis (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin sex (compare Spanish seis), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

ses

1. (Puter, Vallader) six

Sardinian

Sardinian cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : ses

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Italic *seks, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈses/

Numeral

ses

1. six

Sumerian

Romanization

ses

1. romanization of 𒋀 (ses)

Swedish

Verb

ses

1. passive infinitive of se
2. present passive of se
3. reciprocal form of se; infinitive, present or imperative tense: to see each other, to meet

   Vi ses imorgon! ― See you tomorrow!

Anagrams

• ess

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سس (ses), from Proto-Turkic *ses. Cognate with Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Turkmen ses, Azerbaijani səs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈses/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ses

Noun

ses (definite accusative sesi, plural sesler)

1. voice, sound

Declension

Declension of ses

singular plural nominative ses sesler definite accusative sesi sesleri dative sese seslere locative seste seslerde ablative sesten seslerden genitive sesin seslerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular sesim seslerim 2nd singular sesin seslerin 3rd singular sesi sesleri 1st plural sesimiz seslerimiz 2nd plural sesiniz sesleriniz 3rd plural sesleri sesleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular sesimi seslerimi 2nd singular sesini seslerini 3rd singular sesini seslerini 1st plural sesimizi seslerimizi 2nd plural sesinizi seslerinizi 3rd plural seslerini seslerini dative singular plural 1st singular sesime seslerime 2nd singular sesine seslerine 3rd singular sesine seslerine 1st plural sesimize seslerimize 2nd plural sesinize seslerinize 3rd plural seslerine seslerine locative singular plural 1st singular sesimde seslerimde 2nd singular sesinde seslerinde 3rd singular sesinde seslerinde 1st plural sesimizde seslerimizde 2nd plural sesinizde seslerinizde 3rd plural seslerinde seslerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular sesimden seslerimden 2nd singular sesinden seslerinden 3rd singular sesinden seslerinden 1st plural sesimizden seslerimizden 2nd plural sesinizden seslerinizden 3rd plural seslerinden seslerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular sesimin seslerimin 2nd singular sesinin seslerinin 3rd singular sesinin seslerinin 1st plural sesimizin seslerimizin 2nd plural sesinizin seslerinizin 3rd plural seslerinin seslerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular sesim seslerim 2nd singular sessin seslersin 3rd singular ses sestir sesler seslerdir 1st plural sesiz sesleriz 2nd plural sessiniz seslersiniz 3rd plural sesler seslerdir

Derived terms

• sesçi
• sesçilik
• sesli
• seslik
• seslilik
• sessiz
• sessizlik

Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ses. Cognate with Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Turkish ses, Azerbaijani səs.

Noun

ses (definite accusative sesi, plural sesler)

1. voice, sound

   Synonyms: seza, owaz

Declension

Declension of ses

	singular	plural
nominative	ses	sesler
accusative	sesi	sesleri
genitive	sesiň	sesleriň
dative	sese	seslere
locative	sesde	seslerde
ablative	sesden	seslerden

Derived terms

• ses bermek (“to vote”)

Further reading

• “ses” in Enedilim.com
• “ses” in Webonary.org

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• şeş
• šest

Numeral

ses

1. six (the cipher, the cardinal number six)

See also

• Basic numbers (0-10):

  0 sıfır, 1 zew, 2 dıdı, 3 hirē, 4 cehar, 5 phanc, 6 ses, 7 hewt, 8 hēst, 9 new, 10 des