sale

See also: Sale, salé, Salé, sāle, säle, Säle, șale, såle, and šále

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /seɪl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• 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 *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 *selh₁- (“to grab”).

Noun

sale (plural sales)

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

   He celebrated after the sale of company.

3. (Short for discount sale) 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.

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

Derived terms

terms derived from sale (noun)

• for sale
• on sale

• salesman
• sales pitch

Translations

exchange of goods or services for currency or credit

• Albanian: shitje (sq) f
• Arabic: بَيْع‎ m (bayʿ)

  Moroccan Arabic: بيع‎ m (bīʕ)

• Armenian: վաճառք (hy) (vačaṙkʿ)
• Asturian: venta f
• Azerbaijani: satış
• Belarusian: про́даж m (pródaž)
• Bengali: বিক্রয় (bikrôẏ)
• Bulgarian: прода́жба (bg) f (prodážba)
• Catalan: venda (ca) f
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵣⵏⵣⵉ m (aznzi)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: prodej (cs) m
• Danish: salg (da) n
• Dutch: verkoop (nl)
• Esperanto: vendo, vendado
• Estonian: müük
• Farefare: koosgo
• Finnish: myynti (fi)
• French: vente (fr) f
• Galician: venda f
• Georgian: გაყიდვა (gaq̇idva)
• German: Verkauf (de) m
• Greek: πώληση (el) f (pólisi)

  Ancient: πρᾶσις f (prâsis), πώλησις f (pṓlēsis)

• Hebrew: מכירה‎ (he) f (mekhirá)
• Hindi: विक्रय (hi) m (vikray), बिक्री (hi) f (bikrī)
• Hungarian: eladás (hu), árusítás (hu)
• Icelandic: sala (is) f
• Interlingua: vendita
• Italian: vendita (it) f
• Japanese: 販売 (ja) (はんばい, hambai)
• Kazakh: сату (kk) (satw)
• Korean: 판매 (ko) (panmae)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: firotin (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: сатуу (ky) (satuu)

• Lao: ການຂາຍ (kān khāi)
• Latgalian: puordūšona f, puordavums m
• Latin: venum n, venditio f
• Latvian: pārdošana f
• Lithuanian: pardavimas m
• Macedonian: продажба f (prodažba)
• Malay: jualan, penjualan
• Mongolian: борлуулалт (borluulalt), худалдаа (mn) (khudaldaa)
• Moore: koosgo
• Norman: vente f (Jersey, Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: salg n

• Occitan: venda (oc) f
• Persian: فروش‎ (fa) (foruš)
• Polish: sprzedaż (pl) f
• Portuguese: venda (pt) f
• Quechua: rantikuy, qhatuy
• Romanian: vânzare (ro) f, vindere (ro) f
• Russian: прода́жа (ru) f (prodáža)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: продаја f

  Roman: prodaja (sh) f

• Slovak: predaj m
• Slovene: prodaja f
• Spanish: venta (es) f
• Swedish: försäljning (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagbili (tl)
• Tajik: фурӯш (furüš)
• Tashelhit: ⴰⵣⵏⵣⵉ m (aznzi)
• Telugu: అమ్మకము (te) (ammakamu)
• Thai: การขาย (th) (gaan-kǎai)
• Turkish: satış (tr)
• Turkmen: satuw
• Ukrainian: про́даж m (pródaž), спро́даж m (spródaž)
• Uzbek: sotish
• Vietnamese: sự bán (vi)
• Walloon: vindaedje (wa) m, vinte (wa) f
• Yiddish: פֿאַרקויף‎ m (farkoyf)

sale of goods at reduced prices

• Arabic: تخفيض‎ m sg (taḵfīḍ)
• Belarusian: распро́даж m (raspródaž), спро́даж m (spródaž)
• Bulgarian: разпрода́жба (bg) f (razprodážba)
• Catalan: rebaixa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拍賣 (zh), 拍卖 (zh) (pāimài), 大賤賣 (zh), 大贱卖 (zh) (dàjiànmài), 甩賣 (zh), 甩卖 (zh) (shuǎimài)

• Czech: výprodej (cs) m
• Dutch: uitverkoop (nl) m, solden (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: alennusmyynti (fi), ale (fi)
• French: soldes (fr), liquidation (fr)
• Georgian: აქცია (akcia)
• German: Sonderangebote haben pl, im Sonderangebot haben n, Angebote haben pl, im Angebot haben n, especially Austria: Abverkauf (de) m, clearance sale: Schlussverkauf (de) m, Ausverkauf (de) m
• Greek: έκπτωση (el) f (ékptosi)
• Hebrew: מבצע‎ (he) m (mivtsá)
• Hungarian: akció (hu), kiárusítás (hu)
• Icelandic: útsala f
• Interlingua: liquidation
• Irish: sladmhargadh m
• Italian: saldo (it) m, liquidazione (it) f, svendita (it) f
• Japanese: 安売り (yasuuri), 特売 (tokubai), セール (sēru)

• Korean: 세일 (ko) (seil), 염매 (yeommae)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: tenzîlat (ku) f

• Latgalian: izpuordūšona f, izpuordavums m
• Latin: venum n, venditio f, venditio ternimans f, venum ternimans n, venum terminans n, venditio terminans f
• Latvian: izpārdošana f
• Lithuanian: išpardavimas m
• Macedonian: распродажба f (rasprodažba)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: salg n

• Polish: wyprzedaż (pl) f
• Portuguese: liquidação (pt) f
• Russian: распрода́жа (ru) f (rasprodáža), сейл (ru) m (sɛjl) (colloquial), сэйл (ru) m (sɛjl) (colloquial)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: распродаја f

  Roman: rasprodaja (sh) f

• Slovak: výpredaj m
• Slovene: razprodaja f
• Spanish: liquidación (es) f, rebaja (es) f
• Swedish: rea (sv) c, realisation (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: розпро́даж m (rozpródaž)
• Vietnamese: sự hạ giá

act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder

• Arabic: مُزَايَدَة‎ f (muzāyada)
• Dutch: veiling (nl) f, veilingverkoop m, verkoop (nl) m
• Finnish: huutokauppa (fi)
• French: vente (fr) f
• German: Auktion (de) f
• Interlingua: auction
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: mezat (ku) f

• Latgalian: vairasūleišona f, torgi m pl

• Latin: venum liberum n, venum, venditio libera f, venditio f
• Latvian: ūtrupe f, izpārdošana f
• Norman: vente f (Jersey, Guernsey)
• Norwegian: auksjon m
• Portuguese: leilão (pt) m
• Russian: аукцио́н (ru) m (aukción), торги́ (ru) m pl (torgí)
• Swedish: auktion (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} أُوكَازيُون‎, ^{(please verify)} تَصْرِيف‎ (taṣrīf), ^{(please verify)} مَبِيع‎ (mabīʿ)
• Basque: ^{(please verify)} salmenta, ^{(please verify)} likidazio
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} venditio, ^{(please verify)} hasta (la)
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} pardavimas, ^{(please verify)} aukcionas, ^{(please verify)} varžytynės
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 出售 (zh)

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} vânzare (ro) f
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} mnada (sw), ^{(please verify)} lilamu, ^{(please verify)} uguzi
• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} pagbibili; ^{(please verify)} pinagbilhan
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} sel (vo)

See also

• purchase

Anagrams

• ASLE, Ales, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, lase, leas, seal, sela

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Afrikaans

Noun

sale

1. plural of saal (hall)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sal/

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• Homophone: salle

Etymology 1

From Middle French sale, from Old French sale (“dull, dirty”), from 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 (plural sales)

1. dirty

   Synonyms: crasseux, malpropre

   Hyponyms: dégoûtant, répugnant, sali, sordide, souillé, terni

   Antonyms: net, propre

2. vile, despicable

   Un sale type ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Synonyms: méprisable, vil

   Hyponyms: dégoûtant, répugnant, sordide

Derived terms

• argent sale
• être dans de sales draps
• guerre sale
• insalissable
• laver son linge sale en public
• sale comme un peigne
• salement
• saleté
• saligaud
• salir
• salissant
• salisson
• salissure

 

Related terms

• salopard
• salope
• saloper
• saloperie
• salopiaud

 

See also

• ordurier

 

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. third-person singular present subjunctive of saler
5. second-person singular imperative of saler

Further reading

• “sale” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “sale” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: sà‧le

Etymology 1

From Latin salem, accusative of sāl, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls.

Noun

sale m (plural sali)

1. salt, sal

Derived terms

• dissalare
• insalare
• salare
• salgemma
• saliera
• salifero
• salificare
• salume
• spargisale

 

Related terms

• insalata
• salamoia
• salatino
• salato
• salatura
• sale fino
• sale grosso
• salina
• salinità
• salino
• salmarino / sale marino
• salmastro
• salnitro
• salsedine
• salsiccia

 

References

• sale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

sale f pl

1. plural of sala

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sale

1. third-person singular present indicative of salire

Anagrams

• Elsa, elsa, lesa

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Latin

Noun

sale

1. ablative singular of sāl

References

• sale in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sale in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• sale in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• sale in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Norman

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 m or f

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) dirty

Derived terms

• sale maladie (“venereal disease”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sadle

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫðla, from Proto-Germanic *sadulōną.

Verb

sale (present tense saler, past tense salte or salet, past participle salt or salet, present participle salende, imperative sal)

1. (transitive) to saddle

References

• “sale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Asle, ales, Elsa, esla, lase, leas, -elsa, sela, slae

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sala (a infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫðla, from Proto-Germanic *sadulōną.

Verb

sale (present tense salar, past tense sala, past participle sala, passive infinitive salast, present participle salande, imperative sal)

1. (transitive) to saddle

References

• “sale” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Asle, elas, Elsa, lase, lesa

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Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *sali (“dwelling, house, entrance hall”)

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
• Norman: salle

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsa.le]

Pronoun

sale

1. feminine plural of său
2. neuter plural of său

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsale/, [ˈsa.le]

Interjection

sale

1. (Mexico) ok

   Synonyms: (Argentina) dale, vale

Derived terms

• sale y vale

 

Verb

sale

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

Etymology

From Latin sal, salem.

Noun

sale f

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

sale m (plural sali)

1. (chemistry) salt

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.

Adjective

sale

1. (Christianity) Blessed, saved.

   he han skull få vaḷ sale ― [so] that he would be saved