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English
Pronunciation
Noun
sede (plural sedes)
- Obsolete spelling of seed.
See also
References
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sitis.
Pronunciation
Noun
sede f (plural sedes)
- thirst
Derived terms
Friulian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sēta, saeta.
Pronunciation
Noun
sede f (plural sedis)
- silk
Galician
Verb
sede
- second-person plural imperative of ser
Interlingua
Verb
sede
- present of seder
- imperative of seder
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sēdēs.
Pronunciation
Noun
sede f (plural sedi)
- venue
- see (of a bishop)
- branch (of an organization)
- syllable
- seat (of the body)
References
Latin
Noun
sēde
- ablative singular of sēdēs
Verb
sedē
- second-person singular present active imperative of sedeō
Leonese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sitis.
Noun
sede f (plural sedes)
- thirst
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch sido, from Proto-Germanic *siduz.
Noun
sēde m or f
- habit, custom
- behaviour, way in which one acts
- nature, character
Inflection
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Descendants
Further reading
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
sede
- Alternative form of seed (“seed”)
Etymology 2
Verb
sede
- Alternative form of seden
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Norse siða, from Proto-Germanic *sidōną.
Pronunciation
Verb
sede (present tense sedar, past tense seda, past participle seda, passive infinitive sedast, present participle sedande, imperative sede/sed)
- (transitive) to teach, civilize
- (reflexive) to act well
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Norse setit, supine of sitja.
Pronunciation
Verb
sede
- supine of sidja
1982, Einar Lea, Svein Inge Årrestad, Fjåge folk: Lått og løye frå Jæren, Oslo: Samlaget, page 14:De he vel sede der og lebja av same glaset som vanligt!- I guess they have sat there and sipped from the same glas as usual!
Etymology 3
Inherited from Old Norse sitr, 2nd and 3rd person present indicative singular of sitja.
Pronunciation
Verb
sede
- present tense of sidja
1982, Einar Lea, Svein Inge Årrestad, Fjåge folk: Lått og løye frå Jæren, Oslo: Samlaget, page 42:ja, du veid eg sede så formann der!- You know I am incumbent as board leader there!
References
- “sede” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
Noun
sede
- inflection of seda (“sweat”):
- locative singular
- accusative plural
Papiamentu
Etymology
Derived from Portuguese sede and Spanish sede and Kabuverdianu sedi.
Noun
sede
- thirst
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sede (“thirst”), from Latin sitis (“thirst”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, destruction, decrease”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sede f (plural sedes)
- thirst (feeling the need to drink something)
Não tenho sede.- I am not thirsty.
- (figurative) thirst; craving (eager desire)
Sede de vingança.- Thirst for revenge.
Etymology 2
From Latin sēdēs (“seat”); related to the Latin verb sedeo (“to sit”). Doublet of sé.
Pronunciation
Noun
sede f (plural sedes)
- headquarters; seat (a building, office or place that serves as the centre of an organisation’s administration)
A sede da Comissão Europeia é em Bruxelas.- The seat of the European Commission is in Brussels.
- (ecclesiastical) see; diocese (domain under a bishop’s jurisdiction)
- Synonyms: sé, diocese
- venue; host (a building or place where a given event is held)
Londres foi a sede dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2012.- London was the host 2012 Summer Olympics.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
sede
- second-person plural imperative of ser
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Verb
sede
- inflection of sedar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
sede
- inflection of sed:
- masculine accusative plural
- feminine genitive singular
- feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Verb
sede (Cyrillic spelling седе)
- third-person plural present of sedeti
Verb
sede (Cyrillic spelling седе)
- second/third-person singular aorist past of sesti
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin sēdēs.
Noun
sede f (plural sedes)
- seat, headquarters
- (event) venue
- (Christianity, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) see
- (building) office
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sede
- inflection of sedar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading