sel

Translingual

Symbol

sel

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Selkup.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch cel, from Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/

Noun

sel (plural selle)

1. cell (element of a table)
2. cell (basic unit of a living organism)
3. cell (small room, especially in a jail or prison)

Derived terms

• selmaat

Cahuilla

Alternative forms

• sé'ish

Noun

sél

1. flower

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Participle

sel

1. masculine singular past active participle of sít

   Synonym: sil

Noun

sel

1. genitive plural of selo

Anagrams

• Els
• les

Estonian

Pronoun

sel

1. adessive singular of see

   Synonym: sellel

Extremaduran

Verb

sel

1. to be

Fala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsel/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ser. Compare Portuguese ser and Galician ser.

Verb

sel

1. to be

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese sair, from Latin salīre (“to leap”), from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥-ye-. Compare Galician saír and Spanish salir.

Verb

sel

1. to leave

Conjugation

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French sel, from Old French sel, from Latin salem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophones: celle, celles, selle, sellent, selles, sels

Noun

sel m (plural sels)

1. table salt, i.e. sodium chloride (NaCl)
2. (chemistry) salt
3. (in the plural) smelling salts

Derived terms

Related terms

• saler

Further reading

• “sel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• les, lès, lés

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

sel

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Dutch cel (“cell”), from Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: sèl

Noun

sèl (first-person possessive selku, second-person possessive selmu, third-person possessive selnya)

1. cell
   1. a small room or compartment
      1. prison cell
      2. cloister cell
   2. (biology) basic unit of a living organism
   3. the basic unit of a battery

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “sel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Michoacán Nahuatl

Noun

sel

1. ice

Middle English

Verb

sel

1. Alternative form of sellen

Middle French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sel.

Noun

sel m (plural sels)

1. salt

Descendants

• French: sel

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Seler

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Old Norse selr.

Noun

sel m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural seler, definite plural selene)

1. a seal (marine mammal)

See also

• sjøløve
• hvalross, kvalross

References

• “sel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Selar

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse selr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːl/
• Homophone: sæl

Noun

sel m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural selar, definite plural selane)

1. (zoology) a seal, pinniped

Derived terms

See also

• sjøløve
• kvalross

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sel n, from Proto-Germanic *salją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːl/
• Homophone: sæl

Noun

sel n (definite singular selet, indefinite plural sel, definite plural sela)

1. a seter cottage, with sleeping room(s), a kitchen and a dairy storage room

Derived terms

• innsel
• utsel

Related terms

• sal m

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German sel (“soul”), as does also ultimately sjel. From Old Saxon sēola, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːl/
• Homophone: sæl

Noun

sel f

1. a soul; Used only in the expression mi sel (“truly!”).

Etymology 4

From the verb selja (“to sell”).

Noun

sel n (definite singular selet, indefinite plural sel, definite plural sela)

1. (rare) a sale

   Synonym: sal n

Verb

sel

1. present tense of selja and selje
2. imperative of selje and selje

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːl/
• Homophone: sæl

Verb

sel

1. imperative of sela and sele

References

• “sel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Sel, esl, les, -sel, -sle

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sal, from Proto-Germanic *salą, from Indo-European. Cognate with Old High German sal, German Saal (“hall, large room”), Old Saxon sal, Dutch zaal. Compare sele, from a Germanic variant stem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sel/

Noun

sel n

1. Alternative form of sæl (“room, great hall, castle”)

   Heorot, sincfāge sel ― Heorot, (Thou) richly adorned hall!

Declension

Descendants

• English: sele, seel

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sāliz. See sǣliġ (“blessed, fortunate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːl/

Adjective

sēl (comparative sēlla, superlative sēlest)

1. good, noble

   Sōna ic wæs wyrpende and mē sēl wæs. ― Soon I was recovering and I was better.

Declension

Related terms

• medsēlþ

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “sel”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin salem. Cognate with Old Spanish sal f and Old Galician-Portuguese sal m.

Noun

sel oblique singular, m (oblique plural seaus or seax or siaus or siax or sels, nominative singular seaus or seax or siaus or siax or sels, nominative plural sel)

1. salt

Descendants

• Middle French: sel
  • French: sel
• Norman: sé, saïl
• Walloon: sé

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *salją, diminutive of either *salą or *saliz.

Noun

sel n

1. shed on a mountain pasture

Declension

Descendants

References

• “sel”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sel

1. indefinite accusative singular of selr (“seal”)

Verb

sel

1. inflection of selja (“to sell”):
   1. first-person singular active present indicative
   2. second-person singular active imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سل (sel), a vulgar variant of سیل (seyl), from Arabic سَيْل (sayl).

Noun

sel n (plural seluri)

1. torrent
2. ditch

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

• sal (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin sāl, sālem, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls.

Noun

sel m

1. (Puter) salt

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English self, silf, sulf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz.

Noun

sel

1. self

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъlъ, from the same root as sláti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə́l/, /sə́ʋ/

Noun

sə̏l or sə̏ł m anim

1. messenger

Inflection

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Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English sail.

Noun

sel

1. sail
2. canvas; tarpaulin

Derived terms

• haus sel

Descendants

• → Rotokas: siel

Verb

sel

1. to sail

Etymology 2

From English shell.

Noun

sel

1. shell
2. shellfish

Etymology 3

From English cell.

Noun

sel

1. cell (biology)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سل (sel), a vulgar variant of سیل (seyl), from Arabic سَيْل (sayl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæl/
• Hyphenation: sel

Noun

sel (definite accusative seli, plural seller)

1. flood

Derived terms

• sel seli götürmek

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “sel”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2647
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “sel”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2735

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic سَيْل (sayl).

Noun

sel (plural sellar)

1. downpour
2. flash flood