English

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Etymology

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From Middle English sele (happiness, good fortune, bliss; an occasion, period 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.

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Noun

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sele (countable and uncountable, plural seles)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) Happiness, fortune.
  2. (obsolete or dialectal, British) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment, season
  3. Greeting, salutation.
    • 1862, George Borrow, chapter XXXV, in Wild Wales Its People‚ Language and Scenery[2] (Fiction), Read Central, archived from the original on 31 October 2013:
      I found my friend honest Pritchard smoking his morning pipe at the front door, and after giving him the sele of the day, []
    • 1897, William Morris, chapter XIV, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles[3] (Fantasy), published 2005, page 245:
      When the morning was come [] so she arose and thrust her grief back into her heart, and gave her fellow-farer the sele of the day, []

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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsele/, [ˈse.le]
  • Hyphenation: se‧le

Adjective

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sele (epicene, plural seles)

  1. calm, tranquil
    Synonyms: calmu, tranquilu

Czech

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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sele n

  1. piglet
Declension
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Further reading

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  • 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)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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sele

  1. locative singular of selo
    Synonym: selu

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Fijian

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Noun

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sele

  1. knife

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sele

  1. cut (with a knife)

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English sǣl, from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, in turn from Proto-Germanic *sēliz.

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Noun

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sele (plural seles)

  1. happiness, prosperity, fortune
  2. time, duration, season

Descendants

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  • English: sele, seel
  • Scots: seil

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse seli, sili.

Noun

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

  1. a harness (usually for horses, dogs and small children)
  2. braces (UK) or suspenders (US) (used on trousers)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse seli, sili.

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

  1. a harness (usually for horses, dogs and small children)
  2. braces (UK) or suspenders (US) (used on trousers)
  3. (rare, colloquial) seat belt
    Synonym: bilbelte

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Depending on dialect, this term can also mean different parts of horse harness.

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Old English

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Etymology

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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).

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sele m (nominative plural selas)

  1. 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)
  2. tabernacle, gesele

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin sella.

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sele oblique singularf (oblique plural seles, nominative singular sele, nominative plural seles)

  1. saddle (equipment used on a horse)
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Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu.

Noun

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sēle f

  1. soul, life

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Strong feminine o-stem

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Portuguese

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Verb

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sele

  1. inflection of selar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Enumerative

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sele

  1. other

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsele/ [ˈse.le]
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Syllabification: se‧le

Verb

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sele

  1. inflection of ser:
    1. second-person singular imperative combined with le
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with le

Swedish

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häst med sele / (på)selad häst [horse with harness / harnessed horse]
 
klättersele [climbing harness]

Noun

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sele c

  1. a harness (for a horse or other draft animal)
    Synonym: seldon
  2. a harness (arrangement with straps or the like to provide for attachment or to carry something or the like)

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Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سله,[1] from Arabic سَلَّة (salla),[2] from Classical Syriac ܣܲܠܛܵܐ (sallətā, basket).

Noun

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sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)

  1. a wide wicker basket
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Inflection
Nominative sele
Definite accusative seleyi
Singular Plural
Nominative sele seleler
Definite accusative seleyi seleleri
Dative seleye selelere
Locative selede selelerde
Ablative seleden selelerden
Genitive selenin selelerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular selem selelerim
2nd singular selen selelerin
3rd singular selesi seleleri
1st plural selemiz selelerimiz
2nd plural seleniz seleleriniz
3rd plural seleleri seleleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular selemi selelerimi
2nd singular seleni selelerini
3rd singular selesini selelerini
1st plural selemizi selelerimizi
2nd plural selenizi selelerinizi
3rd plural selelerini selelerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular seleme selelerime
2nd singular selene selelerine
3rd singular selesine selelerine
1st plural selemize selelerimize
2nd plural selenize selelerinize
3rd plural selelerine selelerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular selemde selelerimde
2nd singular selende selelerinde
3rd singular selesinde selelerinde
1st plural selemizde selelerimizde
2nd plural selenizde selelerinizde
3rd plural selelerinde selelerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular selemden selelerimden
2nd singular selenden selelerinden
3rd singular selesinden selelerinden
1st plural selemizden selelerimizden
2nd plural selenizden selelerinizden
3rd plural selelerinden selelerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular selemin selelerimin
2nd singular selenin selelerinin
3rd singular selesinin selelerinin
1st plural selemizin selelerimizin
2nd plural selenizin selelerinizin
3rd plural selelerinin selelerinin

Etymology 2

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From French selle.

Noun

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sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)

  1. saddle (of a bicycle)
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Inflection
Nominative sele
Definite accusative seleyi
Singular Plural
Nominative sele seleler
Definite accusative seleyi seleleri
Dative seleye selelere
Locative selede selelerde
Ablative seleden selelerden
Genitive selenin selelerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular selem selelerim
2nd singular selen selelerin
3rd singular selesi seleleri
1st plural selemiz selelerimiz
2nd plural seleniz seleleriniz
3rd plural seleleri seleleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular selemi selelerimi
2nd singular seleni selelerini
3rd singular selesini selelerini
1st plural selemizi selelerimizi
2nd plural selenizi selelerinizi
3rd plural selelerini selelerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular seleme selelerime
2nd singular selene selelerine
3rd singular selesine selelerine
1st plural selemize selelerimize
2nd plural selenize selelerinize
3rd plural selelerine selelerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular selemde selelerimde
2nd singular selende selelerinde
3rd singular selesinde selelerinde
1st plural selemizde selelerimizde
2nd plural selenizde selelerinizde
3rd plural selelerinde selelerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular selemden selelerimden
2nd singular selenden selelerinden
3rd singular selesinden selelerinden
1st plural selemizden selelerimizden
2nd plural selenizden selelerinizden
3rd plural selelerinden selelerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular selemin selelerimin
2nd singular selenin selelerinin
3rd singular selesinin selelerinin
1st plural selemizin selelerimizin
2nd plural selenizin selelerinizin
3rd plural selelerinin selelerinin

Etymology 3

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Noun

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sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)

  1. Alternative form of sere

References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1075
  2. ^ sele”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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