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Definition: SEY |
SEY1. Alt. of Seyh |
Date "SEY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SEY | English | Seychelles | Geography |
SEY | German | Seychellen | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: SEY |
| Non-English Usage: "SEY" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Pidgin English (to hope), Sranan (side). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Yasamak ne güzel sey (1969) Ne seker sey (1962) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "SEY" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "SEY" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 66.67% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 19.05% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 9.52% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Verb "Have" (base form) | 4.76% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 21 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "SEY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sey | Last name | 130 | 67,984 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sey | 35 |
girl sey | 3 |
chelles sey | 2 |
butt more sey | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 20, Verse 9 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quis potest dicere mundum est cor meum purus sum a peccato |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Who mai sey, Clene is myn herte; pure withoute synne? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 20, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Kinsay makaingon, gihimo ko ang akong kasingkasing nga malinis, Ako ulay gikan sa akong sala? |
| Chinese | 誰 能 說 、 我 " 淨 了 我 的 心 ． 我 脫 淨 了 我 的 罪 。 |
| Croatian | Tko može reæi: "Oèistih srce svoje, oprah se od grijeha svoga?" |
| Danish | Hvo kan sige: "Jeg rensed mit Hjerte, og jeg er ren for Synd!" |
| Dutch | Wie kan zeggen: Ik heb mijn hart gezuiverd, ik ben rein van mijn zonde? |
| Finnish | Kuka voi sanoa: "Olen puhdistanut sydämeni, olen puhdas synnistäni"? |
| French | Qui dira: J`ai purifié mon coeur, Je suis net de mon péché? |
| German | Wer kann sagen: Ich bin rein in meinem Herzen und lauter von meiner Sünde? |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Ki moun ki ka di: mwen lave konsyans mwen, mwen wete tout peche ki te sou li? |
| Hungarian | Ki mondhatná azt: megtisztítottam szívemet, tiszta vagyok az én bûnömtõl? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Adakah orang yang bisa berkata, "Hatiku bersih, aku sudah bebas dari dosa?" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Siapa gerangan boleh berkata demikian: Aku sudah menyucikan hatiku, dan sucilah aku dari pada dosa? |
| Maori | ¶ Ko wai e mea, Kua ma i ahau toku ngakau, kua tahia atu oku hara? |
| Norwegian | Hvem kan si: Jeg har renset mitt hjerte, jeg er fri for min synd? |
| Portuguese | Quem pode dizer: Purifiquei o meu coração, limpo estou de meu pecado? |
| Rumanian | Cine poate zice: ,,Mi-am curqyit inima, sknt curat de pqcatul meu?`` - |
| Russian | лФП НПЦЕФ УЛБЪБФШ: `С ПЮЙУФЙМ НПЕ УЕТ""Е, С ЮЙУФ ПФ ЗТЕИБ НПЕЗП?` |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "SEY": causey, choosey, cosey, curtsey, goosey, guernsey, horsey, jersey, kersey, limpsey, linsey, malmsey, mosey, mousey, nosey, odyssey, whimsey. (additional references) | |
Words containing "SEY": birdseye, birdseyes, causeys, coseys, curtseyed, curtseying, curtseys, guernseys, jerseyed, jerseys, kerseymere, kerseymeres, kerseys, linseys, malmseys, moseyed, moseying, moseys, odysseys, whimseys. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: yes. | |
| Words within the letters "e-s-y" | |
-1 letter: es, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-s-y" | |
+1 letter: ayes, beys, byes, deys, dyes, easy, espy, eyas, eyes, keys, leys, lyes, lyse, oyes, pyes, ryes, sexy, snye, stey, stye, syce, syke, syne, tyes, wyes, yeas, yens, yews. | |
+2 letters: abyes, byres, bytes, cosey, cymes, dyers, dykes, dynes, emyds, ensky, essay, eyers, eyras, eyres, fleys, fyces, fykes, gleys, greys, gybes, gyres, gyves, hypes, joeys, kytes, lyase, lyres, lysed, lyses, meshy, messy, mosey, newsy, nosey, obeys, oyers, pesky, pesty, poesy, preys, pyres, pyxes, queys, resay, rykes, sayer, seamy, sedgy, seedy, seely, seepy, sepoy, serry, shyer, skiey, skyed, skyey, slyer, slype, snyes, sooey, styed, styes, style, suety, sycee, syces, sykes, syren, testy, treys, tyees, tyers, tykes, tynes, types, tyres, wheys, wyles, wytes, yeans, years, yeast, yechs, yeggs, yelks, yells, yelps, yerks, yeses, yetis, yetts, yeuks, yikes, yipes, ylems, yokes, yores, youse, yowes, yules, zesty, zymes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 45 59 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000101 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S E Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0045 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)533959 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Bible Trace | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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