sete

See also: Sete, setè, setę, Sète, and sete-

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• set (Ribagorçan)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sitis; compare Asturian sede, Catalan set, Spanish sed.

Noun

sete f

1. thirst

References

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛtɛ]

Noun

sete

1. vocative singular of set

Danish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈseˀd̥ə]

Verb

sete

1. past participle definite singular of se
2. past participle plural of se

Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

	70
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Cardinal: sete     Ordinal: sétimo     Ordinal abbreviation: 7º     Multiplier: séptuplo
Galician Wikipedia article on 7

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sete, from Latin septem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛte/ [ˈs̺ɛ.t̪ɪ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛte
• Hyphenation: se‧te

Numeral

sete (indeclinable)

1. seven

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.te/
• Rhymes: -ete
• Hyphenation: sé‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“decay; destruction”), derived from the root *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline; to perish”).

Noun

sete f (plural seti)

1. (literal and figurative) thirst

   avere sete ― to be thirsty

   Ho sete.

   I'm thirsty.

Derived terms

• assetare
• dissetare
• setoso

 

Related terms

• assetato
• sitibondo
• sitire
• siziente
• sizio

 

Further reading

• sete in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sete f

1. plural of seta

Anagrams

• -este, tese

Middle English

Noun

sete

1. Alternative form of cite

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sæti.

Noun

sete n (definite singular setet, indefinite plural seter, definite plural seta or setene)

1. a seat
2. (anatomy) buttocks
3. (geology) kame terrace; lateral terrace
4. a saddle (on a bicycle)

Derived terms

• baksete
• førersete
• katapultsete
• regjeringssete
• setebelte
• sykkelsete
• toalettsete

 

References

• “sete” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (former reform[s] only): sæte (neuter noun)

Etymology

From different Old Norse terms. All of them are related to sitja (“to sit”), which is ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed- (“to sit”).

• (neuter): From Old Norse sæti, whence partly also English seat. From Proto-Germanic *sētiją.
• (masculine): From the Old Norse suffix -seti, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *setô.
• (feminine): From Old Norse seta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːtə/

Noun

sete n (definite singular setet, indefinite plural sete, definite plural seta)

1. a seat
2. a saddle (on a bicycle)
3. (anatomy) buttocks
4. (geology) kame terrace; lateral terrace

sete m (definite singular seten, indefinite plural setar, definite plural setane)

1. (anatomy) buttocks
2. (geology) kame terrace; lateral terrace

sete f (definite singular seta, indefinite plural seter, definite plural setene)

1. the act of sitting

   Synonym: sitjing

2. mark or imprint where someone has sat

   det syner seta etter henne i graset

   you can see the imprint in the grass where she sat

Usage notes

The neuter form, with its meanings, is by far the most usual one.

Derived terms

• baksete
• katapultsete
• regjeringssete
• setebelte
• sykkelsete
• toalettsete

 

Verb

sete

1. inflection of sitja, sitje, sitta and sitte:
   1. neuter past participle
   2. supine

References

• “sete” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.te/

Verb

sete

1. singular imperative of settan

Portuguese

Portuguese numbers ^(edit)

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←  6	7	8  →
Cardinal: sete     Ordinal: sétimo     Ordinal abbreviation: 7.º     Multiplier: sétuplo, séptuplo     Fractional: sétimo     Group: septeto
Portuguese Wikipedia article on 7

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sete, from Latin septem (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Compare Spanish siete.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.tɨ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.tɪ/, /sɛtʲ/
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Homophone: set
• Hyphenation: se‧te

Numeral

sete m or f

1. seven

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sete.

Noun

sete m (plural setes)

1. seven
2. (card games) seven

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sete.

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: seete
• Macanese: séti

Related terms

• septenal
• septenário
• septenial
• septénio
• setembro
• setenta
• sétimo

 

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama	rei	jóquer, curinga

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sitis, sitem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.te/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ete
• Hyphenation: se‧te

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

sete f (uncountable)

1. thirst

Declension

declension of sete (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) sete	setea
genitive/dative	(unei) sete	setei
vocative

Derived terms

• setos
• înseta

See also

• foame

Sardinian

Sardinian cardinal numbers

<  6	7	8  >
Cardinal : sete

Alternative forms

• sette

Etymology

From Latin septem, from Proto-Italic *septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsete/, [ˈsɛt.tɛ]

Numeral

sete

1. seven

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sete (Cyrillic spelling сете)

1. inflection of seta:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsete/ [ˈse.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: se‧te

Verb

sete

1. inflection of ser:
   1. second-person singular imperative combined with te
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with te

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin septem. Compare Italian sette.

Numeral

sete

1. seven
2. seventh