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Webster 1913 Edition
Seller
Sell′er
,Noun.
One who sells.
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Seller
SELL'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Seller
Seller
See also: seller
English
Proper noun
Seller
- An English and Scottish topographic surname, derived from either of several places named Sell.
- An English and Scottish occupational surname for a saddler, or for a person who sells things.
- An English and Scottish metonymic surname for someone who worked in a cellar.
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Anagrams
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See also: Seller
English
Noun
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 banner sellers.
Derived terms
terms derived from seller (1)
terms derived from seller (2)
Translations
someone who sells
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Something which sells
Etymology 2
Alternative forms.
Noun
seller (plural sellers)
- Obsolete spelling of cellar
Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
seller (genitive selleri, partitive sellerit)
Declension
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 |
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.le/
Verb
seller
- to saddle
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume 1, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter XLVII:
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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.
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Appelant à part l’hôtelier, ils lui ordonnèrent de seller Rossinante et de bâter le grison, ce qu’il fit avec diligence.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of seller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | seller | avoir sellé | |||||
| gerund | en sellant | en ayant sellé | |||||
| present participle | sellant /sɛ.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | sellé /sɛ.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | selle /sɛl/ |
selles /sɛl/ |
selle /sɛl/ |
sellons /sɛ.lɔ̃/ |
sellez /sɛ.le/ |
sellent /sɛl/ |
| imperfect | sellais /sɛ.lɛ/ |
sellais /sɛ.lɛ/ |
sellait /sɛ.lɛ/ |
sellions /sɛ.ljɔ̃/ |
selliez /sɛ.lje/ |
sellaient /sɛ.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | sellai /sɛ.le/ |
sellas /sɛ.la/ |
sella /sɛ.la/ |
sellâmes /sɛ.lam/ |
sellâtes /sɛ.lat/ |
sellèrent /sɛ.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | sellerai /sɛl.ʁe/ |
selleras /sɛl.ʁa/ |
sellera /sɛl.ʁa/ |
sellerons /sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
sellerez /sɛl.ʁe/ |
selleront /sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | sellerais /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
sellerais /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
sellerait /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
sellerions /sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
selleriez /sɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
selleraient /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | selle /sɛl/ |
selles /sɛl/ |
selle /sɛl/ |
sellions /sɛ.ljɔ̃/ |
selliez /sɛ.lje/ |
sellent /sɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
sellasse /sɛ.las/ |
sellasses /sɛ.las/ |
sellât /sɛ.la/ |
sellassions /sɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
sellassiez /sɛ.la.sje/ |
sellassent /sɛ.las/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | selle /sɛl/ |
— | sellons /sɛ.lɔ̃/ |
sellez /sɛ.le/ |
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Norman
Etymology
Verb
seller
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Pennsylvania German
Determiner
seller
- inflection of sell:
- masculine nominative and accusative singular
- feminine dative singular