sel

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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

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

Cahuilla

Alternative forms

Noun

sél

  1. flower

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

sel

  1. masculine singular past active participle of sít
    Synonym: sil

Noun

sel

  1. genitive plural of selo

Anagrams

Estonian

Pronoun

sel

  1. adessive singular of see
    Synonym: sellel

Extremaduran

Verb

sel

  1. to be

Fala

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: sel

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

Noun

sel m (plural sels)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

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

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Etymology

From Old Norse selr.

Noun

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

  1. a seal (marine mammal)

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse selr.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. (zoology) a seal, pinniped
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

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

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

Verb

sel

  1. imperative of sela and sele

References

Anagrams

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

Noun

sel n

  1. Alternative form of sæl (room, great hall, castle)
    Heorot, sincfāge selHeorot, (Thou) richly adorned hall!
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

References

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

sel oblique singularm (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

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

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

Noun

sə̏l or sə̏ł m anim

  1. messenger

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. sel
gen. sing. sla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
sel sla sli
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
sla slov slov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
slu sloma slom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
sla sla sle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
slu slih slih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
slom sloma sli

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English sail.

Noun

sel

  1. sail
  2. canvas; tarpaulin
Derived terms
Descendants

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

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

Borrowed from Arabic سَيْل (sayl).

Noun

sel (plural sellar)

  1. downpour
  2. flash flood