seller
See also: Seller
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English seller, sellere, (also siller, sullar, sullere), from Old English *sellere, *syllere, equivalent to sell + -er. Cognate with Danish sælger, Swedish säljare, Icelandic seljari (“a seller; dealer”).
Noun
seller (plural sellers)
Derived terms
terms derived from seller (1)
terms derived from seller (2)
Translations
someone who sells
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something which sells
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Etymology 2
Alternative forms.
Estonian
Declension
Inflection of seller (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | seller | sellerid |
| accusative | selleri | sellerid |
| genitive | selleri | sellerite |
| partitive | sellerit | sellereid |
| illative | sellerisse | selleritesse sellereisse |
| inessive | selleris | sellerites sellereis |
| elative | sellerist | selleritest sellereist |
| allative | sellerile | selleritele sellereile |
| adessive | selleril | selleritel sellereil |
| ablative | sellerilt | selleritelt sellereilt |
| translative | selleriks | selleriteks sellereiks |
| terminative | sellerini | selleriteni |
| essive | sellerina | selleritena |
| abessive | sellerita | selleriteta |
| comitative | selleriga | selleritega |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛ.le/, /se.le/
Audio (file)
Verb
seller
- to saddle
- 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XLVII, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, […], OCLC 763899327:
- Appelant à part l’hôtelier, ils lui ordonnèrent de seller Rossinante et de bâter le grison, ce qu’il fit avec diligence.
- Calling aside the innkeeper, they ordered him to saddle Rossinante and to put a packsaddle on the donkey, which he did with diligence.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of seller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | sellant /sɛ.lɑ̃/ or /se.lɑ̃/ | ||||||
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| past participle | sellé /sɛ.le/ or /se.le/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | seller | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | sellant /sɛ.lɑ̃/ or /se.lɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | selle /sɛl/ |
selles /sɛl/ |
selle /sɛl/ |
sellons /sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /se.lɔ̃/ |
sellez /sɛ.le/ or /se.le/ |
sellent /sɛl/ |
| imperfect | sellais /sɛ.lɛ/ or /se.lɛ/ |
sellais /sɛ.lɛ/ or /se.lɛ/ |
sellait /sɛ.lɛ/ or /se.lɛ/ |
sellions /sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /se.ljɔ̃/ |
selliez /sɛ.lje/ or /se.lje/ |
sellaient /sɛ.lɛ/ or /se.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sellai /sɛ.le/ or /se.le/ |
sellas /sɛ.la/ or /se.la/ |
sella /sɛ.la/ or /se.la/ |
sellâmes /sɛ.lam/ or /se.lam/ |
sellâtes /sɛ.lat/ or /se.lat/ |
sellèrent /sɛ.lɛʁ/ or /se.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | sellerai /sɛl.ʁe/ |
selleras /sɛl.ʁa/ |
sellera /sɛl.ʁa/ |
sellerons /sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
sellerez /sɛl.ʁe/ |
selleront /sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sellerais /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
sellerais /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
sellerait /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
sellerions /sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
selleriez /sɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
selleraient /sɛl.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | selle /sɛl/ |
selles /sɛl/ |
selle /sɛl/ |
sellions /sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /se.ljɔ̃/ |
selliez /sɛ.lje/ or /se.lje/ |
sellent /sɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | sellasse /sɛ.las/ or /se.las/ |
sellasses /sɛ.las/ or /se.las/ |
sellât /sɛ.la/ or /se.la/ |
sellassions /sɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /se.la.sjɔ̃/ |
sellassiez /sɛ.la.sje/ or /se.la.sje/ |
sellassent /sɛ.las/ or /se.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | selle /sɛl/ |
— | sellons /sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /se.lɔ̃/ |
sellez /sɛ.le/ or /se.le/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “seller” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Pennsylvania German
Determiner
seller
- inflection of sell:
- masculine nominative and accusative singular
- feminine dative singular
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