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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English seller, sellere, (also siller, sullar, sullere), from Old English *sellere, *syllere, equivalent to sell + -er. Cognate with Danish sælger, Swedish säljare, Icelandic seljari (“a seller; dealer”).
Noun[edit]
seller (plural sellers)
- Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.
- Alisha was a seller of fine books.
- Something which sells.
- Two of the books Alisha authored had become big sellers.
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from seller (1)
terms derived from seller (2)
Translations[edit]
someone who sells
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Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms.
Noun[edit]
seller (plural sellers)
- Obsolete spelling of cellar
Anagrams[edit]
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
seller (genitive selleri, partitive sellerit)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of seller (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | seller | sellerid |
accusative | selleri | sellerid |
genitive | selleri | sellerite |
partitive | sellerit | sellereid |
illative | sellerisse | selleritesse sellereisse |
inessive | selleris | sellerites sellereis |
elative | sellerist | selleritest sellereist |
allative | sellerile | selleritele sellereile |
adessive | selleril | selleritel sellereil |
ablative | sellerilt | selleritelt sellereilt |
translative | selleriks | selleriteks sellereiks |
terminative | sellerini | selleriteni |
essive | sellerina | selleritena |
abessive | sellerita | selleriteta |
comitative | selleriga | selleritega |
References[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
seller
- to saddle
- 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XLVII, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, […], OCLC 763899327:
- Appelant à part l’hôtelier, ils lui ordonnèrent de seller Rossinante et de bâter le grison, ce qu’il fit avec diligence.
- Calling aside the innkeeper, they ordered him to saddle Rossinante and to put a packsaddle on the donkey, which he did with diligence.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of seller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | seller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | sellant /sɛ.lɑ̃/ or /se.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | sellé /sɛ.le/ or /se.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | selle /sɛl/ |
selles /sɛl/ |
selle /sɛl/ |
sellons /sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /se.lɔ̃/ |
sellez /sɛ.le/ or /se.le/ |
sellent /sɛl/ |
imperfect | sellais /sɛ.lɛ/ or /se.lɛ/ |
sellais /sɛ.lɛ/ or /se.lɛ/ |
sellait /sɛ.lɛ/ or /se.lɛ/ |
sellions /sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /se.ljɔ̃/ |
selliez /sɛ.lje/ or /se.lje/ |
sellaient /sɛ.lɛ/ or /se.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | sellai /sɛ.le/ or /se.le/ |
sellas /sɛ.la/ or /se.la/ |
sella /sɛ.la/ or /se.la/ |
sellâmes /sɛ.lam/ or /se.lam/ |
sellâtes /sɛ.lat/ or /se.lat/ |
sellèrent /sɛ.lɛʁ/ or /se.lɛʁ/ | |
future | sellerai /sɛl.ʁe/ |
selleras /sɛl.ʁa/ |
sellera /sɛl.ʁa/ |
sellerons /sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
sellerez /sɛl.ʁe/ |
selleront /sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | sellerais /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
sellerais /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
sellerait /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
sellerions /sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
selleriez /sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /se.lə.ʁje/ |
selleraient /sɛl.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | selle /sɛl/ |
selles /sɛl/ |
selle /sɛl/ |
sellions /sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /se.ljɔ̃/ |
selliez /sɛ.lje/ or /se.lje/ |
sellent /sɛl/ |
imperfect2 | sellasse /sɛ.las/ or /se.las/ |
sellasses /sɛ.las/ or /se.las/ |
sellât /sɛ.la/ or /se.la/ |
sellassions /sɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /se.la.sjɔ̃/ |
sellassiez /sɛ.la.sje/ or /se.la.sje/ |
sellassent /sɛ.las/ or /se.las/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | selle /sɛl/ |
— | sellons /sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /se.lɔ̃/ |
sellez /sɛ.le/ or /se.le/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “seller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
seller
Related terms[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
seller
- indefinite plural of selle m or f
- indefinite plural of selle m
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
seller m
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1981; superseded by selger
Verb[edit]
seller
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
seller f
Pennsylvania German[edit]
Determiner[edit]
seller
- inflection of sell:
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