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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 )
An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
He celebrated after the sale of company.
( Short for discount sale ) The sale of goods at reduced prices.
They are having a clearance sale : 50% off.
The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
Troponyms
Derived terms
Translations
exchange of goods or services for currency or credit
Albanian: shitje (sq) f
Arabic: بَيْع m ( bayʕ )
Moroccan Arabic: بيع m ( bīʕ )
Armenian: վաճառք (hy) ( vačaṙkʻ )
Asturian: venta f
Azerbaijani: satış
Belarusian: про́даж m ( pródaž )
Bengali: বিক্রয় (bn) ( bikroẏ )
Bulgarian: прода́жба (bg) f ( prodážba )
Catalan: venda (ca) f
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵣⵏⵣⵉ m ( aznzi )
Chechen: йохкар ( joxkar )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 銷售 / 销售 (zh) ( xiāoshòu )
Czech: prodej (cs) m
Danish: salg (da) n
Dolgan: атыы
Dutch: verkoop (nl) m
Esperanto: vendo , vendado
Estonian: müük
Farefare: koosgo
Finnish: myynti (fi)
French: vente (fr) f
Galician: venda (gl) f
Georgian: გაყიდვა ( gaq̇idva )
German: Verkauf (de) m
Greek: πώληση (el) f ( pólisi )
Ancient: πρᾶσις f ( prâsis ) , πώλησις f ( pṓlēsis )
Hebrew: מְכִירָה (he) f ( m'khirá )
Higaonon: tinda
Hindi: विक्रय (hi) m ( vikray ) , बिक्री (hi) f ( bikrī )
Hungarian: eladás (hu) , árusítás (hu)
Icelandic: sala (is) f
Interlingua: vendita
Italian: vendita (it) f
Japanese: 販売 (ja) ( はんばい, hambai )
Kazakh: сату (kk) ( satu )
Korean: 판매(販賣) (ko) ( panmae )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: firotin (ku) f
Kyrgyz: сатуу (ky) ( satuu )
Lao: ການຂາຍ ( kān khāi )
Latgalian: puordūšona f , puordavums m
Latin: venum n , venditio f
Latvian: pārdošana f
Lithuanian: pardavimas m
Macedonian: продажба f ( prodažba )
Malay: jualan (ms) , penjualan
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: борлуулалт ( borluulalt ) , худалдаа (mn) ( xudaldaa )
Moore: koosgo
Norman: vente f ( Jersey, Guernsey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: salg n
Occitan: venda (oc) f
Persian: فروش (fa) ( foruš )
Polish: sprzedaż (pl) f
Portuguese: venda (pt) f
Quechua: rantikuy , qhatuy
Romanian: vânzare (ro) f , vindere (ro) f
Russian: прода́жа (ru) f ( prodáža )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: про̏даја f
Roman: prȍdaja (sh) f
Slovak: predaj m
Slovene: prodaja f
Somali: iib (so)
Spanish: venta (es) f
Swedish: försäljning (sv) c
Tagalog: pagbili (tl)
Tajik: фурӯш ( furüš )
Tashelhit: ⴰⵣⵏⵣⵉ m ( aznzi )
Telugu: అమ్మకము (te) ( ammakamu )
Thai: การขาย (th) ( gaan-kǎai )
Turkish: satış (tr)
Turkmen: satuw
Ukrainian: про́даж m ( pródaž ) , спро́даж m ( spródaž )
Uzbek: sotish
Vietnamese: sự bán (vi)
Walloon: vindaedje (wa) m , vinte (wa) f
Yiddish: פֿאַרקויף m ( farkoyf )
sale of goods at reduced prices
Arabic: تخفيض m sg ( taḵfīḍ )
Belarusian: распро́даж m ( raspródaž ) , спро́даж m ( spródaž )
Bulgarian: разпрода́жба (bg) f ( razprodážba )
Catalan: rebaixa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拍賣 / 拍卖 (zh) ( pāimài ) , 大賤賣 / 大贱卖 (zh) ( dàjiànmài ) , 甩賣 / 甩卖 (zh) ( shuǎimài )
Czech: výprodej (cs) m
Dutch: uitverkoop (nl) m , solden (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: alennusmyynti (fi) , ale (fi)
French: soldes (fr) , liquidation (fr)
Georgian: აქცია ( akcia )
German: Sonderangebote haben pl , im Sonderangebot haben n , Angebote haben pl , im Angebot haben n , especially Austria: Abverkauf (de) m , clearance sale : Schlussverkauf (de) m , Ausverkauf (de) m
Greek: έκπτωση (el) f ( ékptosi )
Hebrew: מִבְצָע (he) m ( mivtsá )
Hungarian: akció (hu) , kiárusítás (hu)
Icelandic: útsala f
Interlingua: liquidation
Irish: sladmhargadh m
Italian: saldo (it) m , liquidazione (it) f , svendita (it) f
Japanese: 安売り (ja) ( やすうり, yasuuri ) , 特売 (ja) ( とくばい, tokubai ) , セール (ja) ( sēru ) , 廉売 (ja) ( れんばい, renbai )
Korean: 세일 (ko) ( seil ) , 염매(廉賣) ( yeommae )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: tenzîlat (ku) f
Latgalian: izpuordūšona f , izpuordavums m
Latin: venum n , venditio f , venditio ternimans f , venum ternimans n , venum terminans n , venditio terminans f
Latvian: izpārdošana f
Lithuanian: išpardavimas m
Macedonian: распродажба f ( rasprodažba )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: salg n
Polish: wyprzedaż (pl) f
Portuguese: promoção (pt) f
Russian: распрода́жа (ru) f ( rasprodáža ) , сейл (ru) m ( sɛjl ) ( colloquial ) , сэйл (ru) m ( sɛjl ) ( colloquial )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра̏спродаја f
Roman: rȁsprodaja (sh) f
Slovak: výpredaj m
Slovene: razprodaja f
Spanish: liquidación (es) f , rebaja (es) f , rebajas (es) f pl , sale (es) m or f ( America )
Swedish: rea (sv) c , realisation (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: розпро́даж m ( rozpródaž )
Vietnamese: sự hạ giá
act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder
Arabic: مُزَايَدَة f ( muzāyada )
Bulgarian: търг (bg) m ( tǎrg )
Dutch: veiling (nl) f , veilingverkoop m , verkoop (nl) m
Finnish: huutokauppa (fi)
French: vente (fr) f , vente aux enchères (fr) f
German: Auktion (de) f
Interlingua: auction
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mezat (ku) f
Latgalian: vairasūleišona f , torgi m pl
Latin: venum liberum n , venum , venditio libera f , venditio f
Latvian: ūtrupe f , izpārdošana f
Norman: vente f ( Jersey, Guernsey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: auksjon m
Portuguese: leilão (pt) m
Russian: аукцио́н (ru) m ( aukción ) , торги́ (ru) m pl ( torgí )
Swedish: auktion (sv) c
Translations to be checked
See also
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 )
( obsolete ) A hall .
Anagrams
ASLE , Ales , ELAS , Elsa , LAEs , LEAs , SEAL , Seal , Sela , aels , ales , lase , leas , seal , sela
Afrikaans
Noun
sale
plural of saal ( hall )
Corsican
Etymology
From Latin salem , accusative of sāl .
Noun
sale ?
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 )
dirty
Synonyms: crasseux , malpropre
Antonyms: net , propre
Hyponyms: dégoûtant , répugnant , sali , sordide , souillé , terni
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.
vile , despicable
Synonyms: méprisable , vil
Hyponyms: dégoûtant , répugnant , sordide
Un sale type ― A vile man.
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From saler .
Verb
sale
inflection of saler :
first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
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 )
salt , sal
Derived 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
plural of sala
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sale
third-person singular present indicative of salire
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
sale
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
( Jersey , Guernsey ) dirty
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
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 )
( transitive ) to saddle
References
“sale” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
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 )
( transitive ) to saddle
References
“sale” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
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 )
room (subsection of a building)
Descendants
Romanian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈsa.le/
Rhymes: -ale
Hyphenation: sa‧le
Pronoun
sale
inflection of său :
genitive / dative feminine singular
feminine / neuter plural
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
sale (Cyrillic spelling сале )
inflection of sala :
genitive singular
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
( Mexico ) ok
Synonyms: ( Argentina ) dale , vale
Derived terms
Verb
sale
third-person singular present indicative of salir
Etymology 2
Verb
sale
inflection of salar :
first / third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
Further reading
Venetan
Etymology
From Latin sal, salem .
Noun
sale f
salt ( sodium chloride, non-chemical usage )
Noun
sale m (plural sali )
( chemistry ) salt