seda

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

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin saeta.

Noun

seda f (plural sedes)

1. silk

Related terms

• sedosu

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin saeta.

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 Latin saeta.

Noun

seda f (plural sedas)

1. silk

Related terms

• sedoso

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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”).

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 sēta (compare French soie).

Noun

seda f

1. (Sutsilvan) silk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin saeta.

Noun

seda f (plural sedas)

1. silk
2. thin string

Related terms

• sedal
• sedoso

Etymology 2

See etymology on 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