saisir

Signification (English)

  1. to take hold of; to grab
  2. to seize, to take (an illegal product), to capture
  3. to grasp mentally; understand
  4. to capture (screen or data)
  5. to type (something) into a computer; to input
  6. to record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
  7. to vest a court with a case; to refer a matter to a court

Fréquence

C1
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/sɛ.ziʁ/
Étymologie (English)

In summary

Inherited from Middle French saisir, from Old French saisir, seisir (whence English seize), from Early Medieval Latin sacīre (“lay claim to, take seisin”), from Frankish *sakjan (“to sue, litigate; accuse”). Compare Old English sacian (“to strive, brawl”), Faroese saka (“to hurt; accuse”), obsolete English sake (“strife”). Alternatively Old French saisir, seisir may be borrowed from Old High German *sazjan and thus cognate to German setzen (“to set”) and Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satjan).

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