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Sejm

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • sām
  • /seɪm/
  • rhymes with -eɪm
  • homophone: same (pane–pain merger)
  • CMU ARPABET: S EY1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The lower house of the Polish parliament.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Seym (“river”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A political assembly or committee in Poland and the surrounding areas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Russian Сейм (Sejm)bor. Polish Sejmbor. English Sejm Borrowed from Polish Sejm.

Borrowed from Polish sejm.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: Сейм (Sjejm) — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Belarusian: Сэйм (Sejm) — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Bulgarian: Сейм (Sejm) — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Czech: Sejm — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Danish: sejm — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Estonian: Seim — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • French: Diète — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • German: Sejm — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Greek: Σέιμ (Séim) — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Greek: Δίαιτα (Díaita) — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Hungarian: szejm — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Latvian: Sejms — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Lithuanian: Seimas — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Macedonian: Сејм (Sejm) — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Polish: Sejm — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Russian: Сейм (Sejm) — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Serbo-Croatian: Се̏јм — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sȅjm — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Slovak: Sejm — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Ukrainian: Сейм (Sejm) — the lower house of the Polish parliament
  • Yiddish: סיים (seym) — the lower house of the Polish parliament