seller

See also Seller

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɛlə/
• (US) enPR: sĕl-ər
• Rhymes: -ɛlə(r)

Etymology 1

From sell + -er.

Noun

seller (plural sellers)

1. Someone who sells; a vender; a clerk

   Alisha was a seller of fine books.

2. Something which sells

   Two of the books Alisha authored had become banner sellers.

Translations

Someone who sells (1)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賣方 (cmn), 卖方 (cmn) (màifāng)

• Dutch: verkoper (nl) m, verkoopster (nl) f
• Esperanto: (♂♀) vendisto (eo), (♂) virvendisto (eo), (neologism, ♂) vendistiĉo (eo), (♀) vendistino (eo)
• Finnish: myyjä (fi), kauppias (fi)
• French: vendeur (fr) m, vendeuse (fr) f
• German: Verkäufer (de) m, Verkäuferin (de) f
• Ido: (♂♀) vendisto (io), (♂) vendistulo (io), (♀) vendistino (io)
• Italian: venditore (it) m, venditrice (it) f
• Jèrriais: vendeux m, vend'rêsse f
• Latin: venditor (la) m, venditrix (la) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selger (nb) m, selgerinne (nb) m and f

  Nynorsk: seljar (nn) m, seljarinne (nn) f

• Occitan: vendeire (oc) m, vendeira (oc) f
• Polish: sprzedawca (pl) m, sprzedawczyni (pl) f
• Portuguese: vendedor (pt) m, vendedora (pt) f
• Romanian: vânzător (ro) m, vânzătoare (ro) f
• Russian: продавец (ru) (prodavéc) m, продавщица (ru) (prodavščíca) f, торговец (ru) (torgóvec) m, торговка (ru) (torgóvka) f
• Spanish: vendedor (es) m, vendedora (es) f
• Volapük: (♂♀) selan (vo), (♂) hiselan (vo), (♀) jiselan (vo)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרקויפֿער (yi) (farkoyfer) m, פֿאַרקויפֿערין (yi) (farkoyferin) f

Something which sells (2)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

seller (plural sellers)

1. Obsolete spelling of cellar.

Anagrams

• resell

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Estonian

Noun

seller (genitive selleri, partitive sellerit)

1. celery

Declension

Declension of seller (type redel)

	singular	plural
nominative	seller	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

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

seller

1. to saddle
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume 1, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter XLVII:

     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.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of seller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		seller			avoir sellé
gerund		en sellant			en ayant sellé
present participle		sellant
past participle		sellé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	selle	selles	selle	sellons	sellez	sellent
	imperfect	sellais	sellais	sellait	sellions	selliez	sellaient
	past historic1	sellai	sellas	sella	sellâmes	sellâtes	sellèrent
	future	sellerai	selleras	sellera	sellerons	sellerez	selleront
	conditional	sellerais	sellerais	sellerait	sellerions	selleriez	selleraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	selle	selles	selle	sellions	selliez	sellent
	imperfect1	sellasse	sellasses	sellât	sellassions	sellassiez	sellassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	selle	—	sellons	sellez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• selle
• deseller

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Jèrriais

Etymology

selle (“saddle”) +‎ -er

Verb

seller

1. to saddle