seda

See also: Seda, SEDA, séda, sedá, sedã, šedá, and sédá

Aragonese

Noun

seda f

1. silk

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “seda”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin saeta.

Noun

seda f (plural sedes)

1. silk

Related terms

• sedosu

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan seda, from Latin saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈsə.də/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈse.da/

Noun

seda f (plural sedes)

1. silk

Derived terms

• sedenc
• sedós

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish seda (“silk”).

Noun

seda

1. silk

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Estonian

Pronoun

seda

1. Partitive singular form of see.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese seda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin saeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseða̝/

Noun

seda f (plural sedas)

1. silk
2. bristle

   Synonym: serda

3. crack, chink, crevice in an object
4. crack, chap in the skin

   Synonym: sedela

Derived terms

• sedela
• sedoso

References

• “seda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “seda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “seda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “seda” in Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
• “seda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Verb

seda

1. third-person singular present indicative of sedare
2. second-person singular imperative of sedare

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic.

Noun

seda ?

1. voice

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Latin

Verb

sēdā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sēdō

References

• seda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese seda, from Latin saeta (“animal hair”), from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.da/, /ˈse.dɐ/

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• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɐ/
• Hyphenation: se‧da

Noun

seda f (plural sedas)

1. (uncountable) silk (a type of fiber)
2. a piece of silken cloth or silken clothes

Derived terms

• bicho-da-seda
• sedoso

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: xeeda

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) saida
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) seida
• (Sutsilvan) zeda

Etymology

From Latin saeta, sēta (compare French soie).

Noun

seda f

1. (Sutsilvan) silk

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Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sèːda]

Verb

seda (preterite singular sad, supine sódeð)

1. to sit

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseda/, [ˈseða]
• Homophone: ceda (Latin America)

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish seda, from Latin saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

Noun

seda f (plural sedas)

1. silk (fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod)
2. silk (fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers)
3. thin string (long, very thin, and flexible structure made from threads twisted together)

Related terms

• sedal
• sedoso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

seda

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of sedar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of sedar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of sedar.

Further reading

• “seda” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صدا‎ (sedâ, “voice, sound”), from Persian صدا‎ (sadâ, “voice, sound”), from Arabic صَدَى‎ (ṣadā, “echo”), from Persian سدا‎ (sadâ, “echo”).

Noun

seda

1. sound
2. voice

Synonyms

• avaz
• ses