Seychelles

English

Etymology

After French official and politician Jean Moreau de Séchelles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪˈʃɛlz/, /seɪˈʃɛl/, /ˈseɪʃɛlz/, /ˈseɪʃɛl/
• (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛlz, -ɛl

Proper noun

the Seychelles

2. An archipelagic country of East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles

Usage notes

Treated as singular or plural. The presence of the definite article also varies, though "the Seychelles" is more common.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Seychellois
• Seyche

Translations

country in East Africa

• Afrikaans: Seychelle
• Amharic: ሲሸልስ (sišäls)
• Arabic: سِيشِيل‎ m (sišīl), سيشل‎ f (sēšil)

  Hijazi Arabic: سِيشِل‎ f (sēšil)

• Belarusian: Сейшэ́лы f pl (Sjejšély), Сейшэ́льскія астравы́ m pl (Sjejšélʹskija astravý), Сэйшэ́лы f pl (Sejšély), Сэйшэ́льскія астравы́ m pl (Sejšélʹskija astravý)
• Bengali: সেশেল (bn) (śeśel)
• Breton: Sechelez
• Bulgarian: Сейше́ли m pl (Sejšéli)
• Burmese: ဆေးရှဲ (hce:hrai:)
• Catalan: Seychelles (ca) f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞舌爾／塞舌尔 (zh) (Sàishé'ěr)

• Czech: Seychely (cs) pl
• Danish: Seychellerne pl
• Dutch: Seychellen (nl) pl
• Esperanto: Sejŝeloj (eo) pl
• Farefare: Seesello pl
• Finnish: Seychellit (fi)
• French: Seychelles (fr) f pl
• Galician: Seixeles (gl) f pl
• Georgian: სეიშელის კუნძულები (ka) (seišelis ḳunʒulebi)
• German: Seychellen (de) pl
• Greek: Σεϋχέλλες (el) f pl (Seÿchélles)
• Hebrew: סֵיְשֶׁל / סיישל‎ (seyshel)
• Hindi: सेशेल्स (hi) (seśels)
• Hungarian: Seychelle-szigetek (hu)
• Interlingua: Seychelles
• Irish: Na Séiséil m or pl, Poblacht na Séiséal f
• Italian: Seychelles (it) f pl, Seicelle f pl
• Japanese: セイシェル (Seisheru), セーシェル (ja) (Sēsheru)
• Kalenjin: Shelisheli
• Kamba: Shelisheli
• Kazakh: Сейшель аралдары (kk) (Seişel araldary)
• Khmer: សេសែល (seesael)
• Kikuyu: Shelisheli
• Korean: 세이셸 (ko) (Seisyel), 세이쉘 (ko) (Seiswel) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Сейшел аралдары (Seyşel araldarı)
• Latvian: Seišelas f pl
• Lithuanian: Seišeliai (lt) m pl
• Luhya: Bushelisheli
• Luo: sishel
• Macedonian: Сејшели m pl (Sejšeli)
• Malay: Seychelles
• Maltese: is-Sejxell
• Maori: Heikere
• Meru: ushelisheli
• Navajo: Seishel
• Norman: Seychelles f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Seychellene (no)

  Nynorsk: Seychellane (nn)

• Persian: سیشل‎ (seyšel)
• Polish: Seszele (pl)
• Portuguese: Seicheles (pt) f pl
• Romanian: Seychelles (ro), Seișele
• Russian: Сейше́лы (ru) f pl (Sejšély), Сейше́льские острова́ m pl (Sejšélʹskije ostrová)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сејшели m pl

  Roman: Sejšeli (sh) m pl

• Seychellois Creole: Sesel
• Sinhalese: සීෂෙල්ස් (sīṣels)
• Slovak: Seychely pl
• Slovene: Sejšéli (sl) m pl
• Spanish: Seychelles (es) f pl
• Swahili: Shelisheli (sw)
• Swedish: Seychellerna (sv) pl
• Tagalog: Seysyels
• Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Сейшел (Jazirahoyi Seyšel), Сейшел (Seyšel)
• Thai: เซเชลส์ (th) (see-cheel)
• Turkish: Seyşeller (tr) pl
• Ukrainian: Сейше́ли f pl (Sejšély), Сейше́льські Острови́ m pl (Sejšélʹsʹki Ostrový)
• Vietnamese: Xây-sen
• West Frisian: Seysjellen pl
• Yoruba: Seṣẹlẹsi

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Seychelles

1. Seychelles (a country in Africa)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ʃɛl/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Seychelles f pl (plural only)

1. Seychelles

Derived terms

• Seychellois
• seychellois

Italian

Proper noun

Seychelles f pl (plural only)

1. Seychelles

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se(j)ˈʃɛ.lis/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.lis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se(j)ˈʃɛ.lis/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.lis]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /se(j)ˈʃɛ.liʃ/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.liʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se(j)ˈʃɛ.les/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.les]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐjˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐjˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sejˈt͡ʃɛ.lɨʃ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sejˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /seˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/

Proper noun

Seychelles f pl

1. Alternative spelling of Seicheles

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seiˈt͡ʃeles/ [sei̯ˈt͡ʃe.les]
• Rhymes: -eles

Proper noun

Seychelles f

1. Seychelles

Derived terms

• seychellense