sele

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English sel (“fortune, bliss; a unit of time”), from Old English sǣl (“time, occasion, an opportune time, opportunity, happiness, prosperity, good times”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz. Related to silly. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /siːl/ Homophone: seal Rhymes: -iːl === Noun === sele (countable and uncountable, plural seles) (obsolete or dialectal) Happiness, fortune. (obsolete or dialectal, UK) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment, season Greeting, salutation. ==== Derived terms ==== haysel (“hay season”) wheatsel (“wheat season”) ==== Related terms ==== silly === Anagrams === slee, Slee, lese, lees, EELS, Lees, eels, Else, seel, else, ELEs, l'ees == Asturian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsele/ [ˈse.le] Rhymes: -ele Syllabification: se‧le === Adjective === sele (epicene, plural seles) calm, tranquil Synonyms: calmu, tranquilu === Further reading === García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “sele”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN “sele”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsɛlɛ] Rhymes: -ɛlɛ Hyphenation: se‧le === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== sele n (diminutive selátko) piglet ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “sele”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “sele”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “sele”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== sele locative singular of selo Synonym: selu === Anagrams === Else lese == Fijian == === Noun === sele knife === Verb === sele cut (with a knife) == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== sele (uncountable) (Northern or Late Middle English) alternative form of sel (“happiness”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== sele (plural seles) alternative form of sel (“seal”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== sele (plural seles) alternative form of sel (“pinniped”) == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German sēla, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō. Cognates include Middle Dutch siele and Middle English soule. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠eːlə/ === Noun === sēle f soul ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Alemannic German: Seel Central Franconian: Siel German: Seele Luxembourgish: Séil Vilamovian: zejł, zəjł, zyił === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “sêle”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “sēle”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[3] (in German), 3rd edition == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse seli, sili. === Noun === sele m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural seler, definite plural selene) a harness (usually for horses, dogs and small children) braces (UK) or suspenders (US) (used on trousers) ==== Derived terms ==== buksesele seletøy === References === “sele” in The Bokmål Dictionary. === Anagrams === esel, esle, lees, lese, -else == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === sållå (dialectal) === Etymology === From Old Norse seli, sili. === Noun === sele m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural selar, definite plural selane) a strap a harness (usually for horses, dogs and small children) (Trøndelag) synonym of høvre braces (UK) or suspenders (US) (used on trousers) (rare, colloquial) seat belt Synonym: bilbelte ==== Derived terms ==== buksesele seletøy === References === “sele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *sali, from Proto-Germanic *saliz, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-. Cognate with Old Saxon seli, Old High German sali, Old Norse salr (Swedish sal), Lombardic sala; and with Old Church Slavonic село (selo), Russian село́ (seló). There was also a Germanic variant *saloz-, Old English sæl (“great hall, (large) house, castle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈse.le/ === Noun === sele m (nominative plural selas) great hall, house, dwelling, prison Winter ýþe beleác ísgebinde óþ ðæt óðer com geár in geardas swá nú gyt déþ ða ðe sele bewitiaþ wuldortorhtan weder. ― Winter locks the waves with bonds of ice until another year came to the dwellings of those who keep a constant watch for good weather. (Beowulf) tabernacle, gesele ==== Declension ==== Strong i-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== sæl ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: *sele ⇒ Middle English: wunsele === References === John R. Clark Hall (1916), “sele”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[4], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sele”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[5], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin sella. === Noun === sele oblique singular, f (oblique plural seles, nominative singular sele, nominative plural seles) saddle (equipment used on a horse) ==== Related terms ==== enseler ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: selle French: selle Norman: selle == Old Frisian == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu. === Noun === sēle f soul, life ==== Inflection ==== Strong feminine o-stem === References === Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014) == Portuguese == === Verb === sele inflection of selar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Solon == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Tungusic *sele (“iron”). Cognate with Manchu ᠰᡝᠯᡝ (sele, “iron”). === Pronunciation === (Hui) IPA(key): /ˈsələ̆/, (fast speech) [səl] Hyphenation: se‧le === Noun === selĕ iron ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. === References === Do·Dɵrji (October 2014), “SELĚ”, in Ewengki Mɵnggɵl bilehu biteḡe / ᠡᠸᠡᠩᠬᠢᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯᠲᠣᠯᠢᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ / 鄂蒙词典 [Ewenki–Mongolian Dictionary] (in Solon, Mongolian, and Chinese), Beijing: The Ethnic Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 1111–1112 Do·Dɵrji (July 1998), “SEL”, in Ewengki Nihang Bilehu Biteḡ / 鄂汉词典 [Ewenki–Chinese Dictionary] (in Solon and Chinese), Hailar: Inner Mongolia Culture Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 592–593 == Sotho == === Enumerative === sele other == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsele/ [ˈse.le] Rhymes: -ele Syllabification: se‧le === Noun === sele f (plural seles) (education, Spain) clipping of selectividad (“university admission exams”) (soccer, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama) clipping of selección (“national team”) === Verb === sele inflection of ser: second-person singular imperative combined with le second-person singular voseo imperative combined with le == Swedish == === Noun === sele c a harness (for a horse or other draft animal) Synonym: seldon a harness (arrangement with straps or the like to provide for attachment or to carry something or the like) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== betsel (“bridle”) fira (“lower (by letting out on a rope)”) fira sig ner (“rappel, abseil”) hissa tygel (“rein”) vinscha (“winch”) === References === “sele”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “sele”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “sele”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Turkish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seˈle/ Hyphenation: se‧le === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French selle (“saddle”), ultimately from Latin sella (“saddle”). ==== Noun ==== sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler) saddle, the immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “sele”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “sele”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sele2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4131 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sele2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سله (sele), from Arabic سَلَّة (salla, “basket”), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܣܲܠܛܵܐ (sallətā, “basket”). ==== Noun ==== sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler) kind of shallow, wide basket made of wicker Near-synonyms: sepet, zembil ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “sele”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “sele”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sele1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4131 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sele1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler) alternative form of sere (“span”) ==== Further reading ==== “sele”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “sele”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sele3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4131