sale

See also Sale, säle, and Säle

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /seɪl/, X-SAMPA: /seIl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophone: sail

Etymology 1

From Middle English sale, sal, from Old English sæl (“room, hall, castle”), from Proto-Germanic *salą (“house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sol-, *sel- (“home, dwelling, village”). Cognate with West Frisian seal, Dutch zaal, German Saal, Swedish sal, Icelandic salur, Lithuanian sala (“village”). Related also to salon, saloon.

Noun

sale (plural sales)

1. (obsolete) A hall.

Etymology 2

From Middle English sale, from Old English sala (“act of selling, sale”), from Old Norse sala (“sale”), from Proto-Germanic *salō (“delivery”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to grab”).

Noun

sale (plural sales)

1. An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.

   He celebrated after the sale of company.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A particular opportunity for a sale.
3. The sale of goods at reduced prices.

   They are having a clearance sale: 50% off.

4. The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.

Derived terms

terms derived from sale (noun)

for sale on sale regular sales

salesman sales pitch

Troponyms

• (selling of goods at reduced prices): cut-rate sale, sales event
• (act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder): auction, public sale

Translations

exchange of goods or services for currency or credit

• Arabic: بيع (ar) (bíyaʿ) m
• Asturian: venta (ast) f
• Catalan: venda (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 銷售 (cmn), 销售 (cmn) (xiāoshòu)

• Czech: prodej (cs) m
• Dutch: verkoop (nl)
• Esperanto: vendo (eo), vendado (eo)
• Finnish: myynti (fi)
• French: vente (fr) f
• Galician: venda (gl) f
• Georgian: გაყიდვა (ka) (gaqidva) 
• German: Verkauf (de) m
• Greek: πώληση (el) (pólisi) f 
• Guernésiais: vente f
• Hebrew: מכירה (he) (mekhirá) f
• Hungarian: eladás (hu), árusítás (hu)
• Icelandic: sala (is) f
• Interlingua: vendita (ia)
• Italian: vendita (it) f
• Japanese: 販売 (ja) (はんばい, hambai)
• Jèrriais: vente f

• Korean: 판매 (ko) (panmae)
• Kurdish: firotin (ku) f
• Latgalian: puordūšona f, puordavums m
• Latvian: pārdošana (lv) f
• Lithuanian: pardavimas (lt) m
• Norwegian: salg (no) n
• Polish: sprzedaż (pl) f
• Portuguese: venda (pt) f
• Romanian: vânzare (ro) f, vindere (ro) f
• Russian: продажа (ru) (prodáža) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: продаја (sh) (prodaja) f

  Roman: prodaja (sh) f

• Slovak: predaj (sk) m
• Spanish: venta (es) f
• Swedish: försäljning (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagbili (tl)
• Telugu: అమ్మకము (te) (ammakamu)
• Vietnamese: sự bán (vi)
• Walloon: vindaedje (wa) m, vinte (wa) f
• Yiddish: פֿאַרקויף (yi) (farkoyf) m

particular opportunity for a sale

• French: affaire (fr) f
• Japanese: 売れ行き (ja) (ureiki); 売上 (ja) (uriage)

• Norwegian: salg (no) n
• Swedish: avsättning (sv) c, försäljning (sv) c

    sales   see also plural form for activities involved in selling goods or services

sale of goods at reduced prices

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拍賣 (cmn), 拍卖 (cmn) (pāimài)

• Dutch: uitverkoop (nl) m, solden (nl) m
• Finnish: alennusmyynti (fi)
• French: soldes (fr), liquidation (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schlussverkauf (de) m, Ausverkauf (de) m
• Greek: έκπτωση (el) f (ékptosi)
• Hebrew: מבצע (he) (mivtsá) m
• Hungarian: akció (hu)
• Icelandic: útsala (is) f
• Interlingua: liquidation (ia)
• Italian: saldo (it) m, liquidazione (it) f, svendita (it) f
• Japanese: 安売り (ja) (yasuuri), 特売 (ja) (tokubai), セール (ja) (sēru), バーゲンセール (ja) (bāgensēru)

• Kurdish: tenzîlat (ku) f
• Latgalian: izpuordūšona f, izpuordavums m
• Latvian: izpārdošana (lv) f
• Lithuanian: išpardavimas (lt) m
• Norwegian: salg (no) n
• Polish: wyprzedaż (pl) f
• Portuguese: liquidação (pt) f
• Russian: распродажа (ru) (rasprodáža) f , сейл (ru) (sɛjl) m  / сэйл (ru) (sejl) m  (colloquial)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: распродаја (sh) f

  Roman: rasprodaja (sh) f

• Spanish: liquidación (es) f, rebaja (es) f
• Swedish: rea (sv) c, realisation (sv) c

act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder

• Dutch: veiling (nl) f, veilingverkoop (nl) m, verkoop (nl) m
• Finnish: huutokauppa (fi)
• French: vente (fr) f
• German: Auktion (de) f
• Guernésiais: vente f
• Interlingua: auction (ia)
• Jèrriais: vente f

• Kurdish: mezat (ku) f
• Latgalian: vairasūleišona f, torgi m pl
• Latvian: ūtrupe (lv) f, izpārdošana (lv) f
• Norwegian: auksjon (no) m
• Portuguese: leilão (pt) m
• Russian: аукцион (ru) (aukción) m , торги (ru) (torgí) m pl 
• Swedish: auktion (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: أُوكَازيُون , بَيْع , تَصْرِيف , مَبِيع
• Basque: salmenta, likidazio
• Mandarin: 出售
• German: Verkauf

• Latin: venditio, hasta
• Lithuanian: pardavimas, aukcionas, varžytynės
• Romanian: vânzare f
• Swahili: mnada, lilamu, uguzi
• Tagalog: pagbibili; pinagbilhan
• Volapük: sel

Anagrams

• ales, ELAS, Elsa, lase, leas, seal, SEAL

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [sal]
• Homophone: salle

Etymology 1

From Middle French, from Old French sale (“dull, dirty”), from Old Frankish *salo (“dull, dirty grey”), from Proto-Germanic *salwaz (“dusky, dark, muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”). Cognate with Old High German salo (“dull, dirty grey”), Old English salu (“dark, dusky”), Old Norse sǫlr (“yellowish”). More at sallow.

Adjective

sale (masculine and feminine, plural sales)

1. dirty

Derived terms

• insalissable
• sale comme un peigne
• salement
• saleté
• salir
• salissant
• salisson
• salissure
• saloperie

Related terms

• salopard
• salope

Etymology 2

From saler

Verb

sale

1. first-person singular present indicative of saler
2. third-person singular present indicative of saler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of saler
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of saler
5. second-person singular imperative of saler

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Old French sale (“dull, dirty”), from a Germanic source.

Adjective

sale (epicene, plural sales)

1. dirty

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsale/, [ˈsaː.le], X-SAMPA: /"sale/
• Hyphenation: sà‧le

Etymology 1

From Latin sāl, salem (“salt”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.

Noun

sale m (plural sali)

1. salt, sal

Derived terms

• dissalare
• salare
• salgemma
• saliera
• salifero
• salificare
• salino
• spargisale

Related terms

• salame
• salatino
• salina
• salato
• salatura
• salinità
• salmarino / sale marino
• salmastro
• salnitro
• salsedine
• salsiccia
• salume

Etymology 2

Noun

sale f pl

1. Plural form of sala

Verb

sale

1. third-person singular indicative present tense of salire

Anagrams

• elsa, lesa

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French sale (“dull, dirty”), from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz (“dusky, dark, muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”).

Adjective

sale (masculine and feminine, plural sales)

1. dirty

Derived terms

• sale maladie (“venereal disease”)

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Latin

Noun

sale

1. ablative singular of sāl

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Norwegian

Verb form

sale

1. To saddle (attach a saddle to the horse)

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Old French

Noun

sale f (oblique plural sales, nominative singular sale, nominative plural sales)

1. room (subsection of a building)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     […] que la soe amie
     Est la plus bele de la sale[.]

     - […] The his wife

     Is the most beautiful in the room

Descendants

• French : salle
• Jèrriais: salle

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Spanish

Etymology

For the interjection, sale is part of a former rhyming phrase, sale y vale, see valer.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsa.le/

Interjection

sale

1. (Mexico) ok

Verb

sale (infinitive salir)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of salir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of salir.

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• sal

Noun

Wikipedia ^vec

sale f

1. salt (sodium chloride, non-chemical usage)

sale m (plural sali)

1. (chemistry) salt