seta

See also séta

English

Etymology

From Latin seta, from saeta.

Noun

seta (plural setas or setae)

1. A bristle or hair
2. (botany) The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 6

     The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches […]

Translations

Translations

• Czech: štětina (cs) f

• Spanish: pelillo (es) m

Anagrams

• AEST, east, East, eats, ESTA, etas, sate, saté, seat, SEAT, tase, teas

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse setja, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéye-. Causative of *sitjaną.

Verb

seta (third person singular past indicative setti, supine sett)

1. to set, to put

Conjugation

   Conjugation of seta

seta, v-24-2
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	seti	setur/ setir	setur/ setir	seta
Past	setti	setti	setti	settu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	set !	—	setið !
Infinitive	seta
Pres. part.	setandi
Past part. a5 (a39)	settur
Supine	sett

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French

Noun

seta f (plural setæ)

1. seta

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin sagitta.

Noun

seta f (plural setas)

1. arrow

Synonyms

• (arrow): frecha

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin seta, from saeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈseː.t̪a], /ˈse.ta/, X-SAMPA: /"se.ta/
• Hyphenation: sé‧ta

Noun

seta f (plural sete)

1. silk

Anagrams

• aste, tesa

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Latin

Noun

sēta (genitive sētae); f, first declension

1. Alternative form of saeta ("bristle").

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	sēta	sētae
genitive	sētae	sētārum
dative	sētae	sētīs
accusative	sētam	sētās
ablative	sētā	sētīs
vocative	sēta	sētae

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sagitta.

Noun

seta f (plural setas)

1. arrow.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): sjȅta

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěta.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sêta/
• Hyphenation: se‧ta

Noun

sȅta f (Cyrillic spelling се̏та)

1. sorrow, melancholy

Declension

    declension of seta

	singular	plural
nominative	sȅta	sete
genitive	sete	sȇtā
dative	seti	setama
accusative	setu	sete
vocative	seto	sete
locative	seti	setama
instrumental	setom	setama

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Spanish

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈseta/
• Homophone: zeta (non-Castilian dialects)

Noun

seta f (plural setas)

1. mushroom

Synonyms

• callampa f (Chile)
• champiñón m
• hongo m