selon

See also: ŝelon and selön

Esperanto

Noun

selon

1. accusative singular of selo

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Finnish

Noun

selon

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of selko

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French

Etymology

From Old French selunc (Eleventh century), from earlier solonc, sulonc, then sulunc, probably from a Vulgar Latin *sublungum (along), from Latin sub (in the sense of near) + longum (accusative of longus).

Alternatively from a supposed, primitive Old French *seon or from son (itself from Latin secundum (of sequor ("to follow") or " immediately after "," according to, following, according to ".); compare Old Occitan segon(according to), later crossed with long, lonc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.lɔ̃/

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Preposition

selon

1. according to; whichever applies; depending on.

   L'évangile selon Matthieu.

   The gospel according to Matthew.

   Les enfants sont séparés en plusieurs groupes, selon leur âge.

   The children are separated into many groups, according to their age.

Further reading

• “selon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• noëls