sale

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English sale, from Old English sala (“act of selling, sale”), from Old Norse sala (“sale”), from Proto-Germanic *salō (“delivery”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to grab”).

Noun

sale (countable and uncountable, plural sales)

  1. An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
    He celebrated after the sale of company.
  3. (Short for discount sale) The sale of goods at reduced prices.
    They are having a clearance sale: 50% off.
  4. The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English sale, sal, from Old English sæl (“room, hall, castle”), from Proto-Germanic *salą (“house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“home, dwelling, village”). Cognate with West Frisian seal, Dutch zaal, German Saal, Swedish sal, Icelandic salur, Lithuanian sala (“village”). Doublet of sala and salle. Related also to salon, saloon.

Noun

sale (plural sales)

  1. (obsolete) A hall.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

sale

  1. plural of saal (hall)

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin salem, accusative of sāl.

Noun

sale ?

  1. salt

References

  • “sale” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French sale, from Old French sale (“dull, dirty”), from Frankish *salu (“dull, dirty grey”), from Proto-Germanic *salwaz (“dusky, dark, muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”). Cognate with Old High German salo (“dull, dirty grey”), Old English salu (“dark, dusky”), Old Norse sǫlr (“yellowish”). More at sallow.

Adjective

sale (plural sales)

  1. dirty
    Synonyms: crasseux, malpropre
    Antonyms: net, propre
    Hyponyms: dégoûtant, répugnant, sali, sordide, souillé, terni
  2. bad, unpleasant
    Le prof est capable de me fiche une sale note rien que parce qu’il m’a aperçue en ville le mercredi.
    The teacher can give me a bad grade just because he saw me in town on Wednesday.
  3. vile, despicable
    Synonyms: méprisable, vil
    Hyponyms: dégoûtant, répugnant, sordide
    Un sale type ― A vile man.
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Etymology 2

From saler.

Verb

sale

  1. inflection of saler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: sà‧le

Etymology 1

From Latin salem.

Noun

sale m (plural sali)

  1. salt, sal
Derived terms
Related terms

Further reading

  • sale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sale f pl

  1. plural of sala

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sale

  1. third-person singular present indicative of salire

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

sale

  1. ablative singular of sāl

References

  • “sale”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sale in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “sale”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • “sale”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Norman

Etymology

From Old French sale (“dull, dirty”), from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz (“dusky, dark, muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”).

Adjective

sale m or f

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey) dirty

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫðla, from Proto-Germanic *sadulōną.

Verb

sale (present tense saler, past tense salte or salet, past participle salt or salet, present participle salende, imperative sal)

  1. (transitive) to saddle

References

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫðla, from Proto-Germanic *sadulōną.

Verb

sale (present tense salar, past tense sala, past participle sala, passive infinitive salast, present participle salande, imperative sale/sal)

  1. (transitive) to saddle

References

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *sali (“dwelling, house, entrance hall”).

Noun

sale oblique singular, f (oblique plural sales, nominative singular sale, nominative plural sales)

  1. room (subsection of a building)

Descendants

  • French : salle
  • Norman: salle

Romanian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sale

  1. inflection of său:
    1. genitive/dative feminine singular
    2. feminine/neuter plural

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sale (Cyrillic spelling сале)

  1. inflection of sala:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsale/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Syllabification: sa‧le

Etymology 1

From salir. For the interjection, sale is part of a former rhyming phrase, sale y vale; see valer.

Interjection

sale

  1. (Mexico) ok
    Synonyms: (Argentina) dale, vale
Derived terms

Verb

sale

  1. third-person singular present indicative of salir

Etymology 2

Verb

sale

  1. inflection of salar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Venetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin sal, salem.

Noun

Venetian Wikipedia has an article on:
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sale f

  1. salt (sodium chloride, non-chemical usage)

Noun

sale m (plural sali)

  1. (chemistry) salt
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