English
seiche
Seiche comes from French seiche.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentseiche
- Englishearliest quotation 2024seiche
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentseiche
- Englishearliest quotation 2024seiche
Earliest quotation: 2024, A rockslide-generated tsunami in a Green: “In September 2023, we detected the start of a…”
Every English word from French seiche
Today it means
noun 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.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French seiche / seiche