sellout

See also: sell-out and sell out

English

Alternative forms

• sell-out

Etymology

From sell +‎ out.

Noun

sellout (plural sellouts)

1. An action in which principles are compromised for financial gain.
2. A person who compromises his or her principles for financial gain.

   The rock star used to be hardcore, but now he's just a sellout.

3. The selling of an entire stock of something, especially tickets for an entertainment or sports event.

   The game was a sellout.

Translations

a person who compromises his or her principles

• Arabic: مَأْجُوْرٌ‎ m (maʾjuwrun)
• Portuguese: vendido (pt) m

• Russian: прода́жный челове́к m (prodážnyj čelovék), прода́жная душа́ f (prodážnaja dušá)
• Serbo-Croatian: prodana duša

Anagrams

• outsell

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Breton

Alternative forms

• sellet
• selled (Skolveurieg)

Etymology

From Middle Breton sellet, from Proto-Celtic *sil-n- (“to look”), of uncertain ultimate origin; compare Irish súil (“eye”), as well as Old Irish solus (“bright, clear”) and Ancient Greek στίλβω (stílbō, “to shine”). Cognates include Welsh syllu.

Verb

sellout

1. (transitive) to watch
2. (intransitive, + ouzh) to look at
3. (transitive) to see
4. (transitive) to concern
5. (transitive) to consider

Usage notes

This verb may be used with or without the preposition ouzh:

Emaon o sellout ouzh an tele. ― I'm watching TV.

Emaon o sellout an tele. ― I'm watching TV.

However, when used without ouzh, the verb may take the meaning of "to see" (usually portrayed by the verb gwelet).

Conjugation

Conjugation of sellout

Personal forms
	Indicative				Conditional		Imperative
	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Present	Imperfect
1s	sellan	sellen	sellis	sellin	sellfen	selljen	-
2s	sellez	selles	selljout	selli	sellfes	selljes	sell
3s	sell	selle	sellas	sello	sellfe	sellje	sellet
1p	sellomp	sellemp	selljomp	sellimp	sellfemp	selljemp	sellomp
2p	sellit	sellec'h	selljoc'h	sellot	sellfec'h	selljec'h	sellit
3p	sellont	sellent	selljont	sellint	sellfent	selljent	sellent
0	seller	selled	selljod	sellor	sellfed	selljed	-
Impersonal forms					Mutated forms
Infinitive: sellout, sellet Present participle: o sellout Past participle: sellet (auxiliary verb: kaout)					Soft mutation after a: a sell- Mixed mutation after e: e sell- Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na sell-

References

• Ian Press (1986) A grammar of modern Breton, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 7