seller
See also: Seller
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.
- 1980, Marianne Wiggins, Went South, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 87:
- Still, she sat in her chair and read it and reread it, six, seven times. She was pleased with it, she was pleased with herself. This time for sure, she said to herself. This one’s a seller. Really big.
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)
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
seller (genitive selleri, partitive sellerit)
Declension edit
Declension of seller (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | seller | sellerid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | selleri | ||
genitive | 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:
- 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.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
seller
- Alternative form of sellere
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
Etymology edit
Cognate to German selbig (“the same (one)”).
Pronoun edit
seller
- that, that one
Declension edit
Declension of seller | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | seller | selle, selli | sell | selle, selli |
dative | sellem, sem | sellere, sellre, seller | sellem, sem | selle |
accusative | seller | selle, selli | sell | selle, selli |
Determiner edit
seller
- that
- 1954, Albert F. Buffington, A Pennsylvania German grammar, pages 32 and 81:
- sell Haus datt driwwe
- that house over there
- […]
- In sellem alde Glaawe maag en bissel Waahret schtecke.
- In that old belief there may be a bit of truth.
- sell Haus datt driwwe
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:seller.
- 1954, Albert F. Buffington, A Pennsylvania German grammar, pages 32 and 81:
Declension edit
Declension of seller | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | seller | selle, selli | sell | selle, selli |
dative | sellem, sem | sellere, sellre, seller | sellem, sem | selle |
accusative | seller | selle, selli | sell | selle, selli |
Determiner edit
seller
References edit
- Earl C Haag, Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar (2010), page 204