sale
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
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 [edit]
sale (plural sales)
Etymology 2 [edit]
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 [edit]
sale (plural sales)
- An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
- He celebrated after the sale of company.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A particular opportunity for a sale.
- The sale of goods at reduced prices.
- They are having a clearance sale: 50% off.
- The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
Derived terms [edit]
Troponyms [edit]
- (selling of goods at reduced prices): cut-rate sale, sales event
- (act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder): auction, public sale
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Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
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 [edit]
sale (masculine and feminine, plural sales)
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From saler
Verb [edit]
sale
- first-person singular present indicative of saler
- third-person singular present indicative of saler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of saler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of saler
- second-person singular imperative of saler
Guernésiais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French sale (“dull, dirty”), from a Germanic source.
Adjective [edit]
Italian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Latin sāl, salem (“salt”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.
Noun [edit]
sale m (plural sali)
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
- salame
- salatino
- salina
- salato
- salatura
- salinità
- salmarino / sale marino
- salmastro
- salnitro
- salsedine
- salsiccia
- salume
Etymology 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
sale f pl
- Plural form of sala
Verb [edit]
sale
- third-person singular indicative present tense of salire
Anagrams [edit]
Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
sale (masculine and feminine, plural sales)
Derived terms [edit]
- sale maladie (“venereal disease”)
Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
sale
- ablative singular of sāl
Norwegian [edit]
Verb form [edit]
sale
Old French [edit]
Noun [edit]
sale f (oblique plural sales, nominative singular sale, nominative plural sales)
- 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
- […] que la soe amie
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Descendants [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
For the interjection, sale is part of a former rhyming phrase, sale y vale, see valer.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈsa.le/
Interjection [edit]
sale
- (Mexico) ok
Verb [edit]
sale (infinitive salir)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of salir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of salir.
Venetian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
sale f
- salt (sodium chloride, non-chemical usage)
sale m (plural sali)
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