English

Proper noun

sed

1. (computing) A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way.

Verb

sed ‎(third-person singular simple present seds, present participle sedding, simple past and past participle sedded)

1. (neologism, slang) To edit a file or stream of text using sed.

   Can you sed out those trailing spaces, please?

Anagrams

• Des , dEs, DES
• eds.
• Esd., ESD
• SDE

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin sed

Conjunction

sed

1. but

Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćata, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Compare Persian صد ‎(sad), Pashto سل ‎(səl), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬀 ‎(sata), Sanskrit शत ‎(śatá), Hindi सौ ‎(sau).

Numeral

sed

1. (cardinal) hundred, 100, C

Derived terms

• sedem
• sedemîn

Latin

Alternative forms

• set

Etymology

Perhaps from the old, original form sedum, but more probably an ablative form from the root (so- for suo-) of the reflexive pronoun suus, and originally the same as the inseparable preposition sēd; properly, “by itself”, “apart”, hence, “but”, “only”, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sed/, [sɛd]

Conjunction

sed

1. but
   • c. ad 65, Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius, CVI.

     non vitæ sed scholæ discimvs

     We learn our lessons, not for life, but for the lecture-room.

   • 1522, Martin Luther, Invocavit Sermons

     Non vi, sed verbo

     Not by force but by the word [i.e., of God]

   • 1804 Jun 12, Oberdeutsche Allgemeine Litteraturzeitung, No. 70, p. 1119

     Non scholæ sed vitæ discendum est!

     We must learn not for school but for life!

Synonyms

• (but): at, ast, tamen

References

• sed in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sed in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sed”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • but to return from the digression we have been making: sed redeat, unde aberravit oratio
    
  • but to return from the digression we have been making: sed ad id, unde digressi sumus, revertamur
    
  • in short; to be brief: ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?
    
  • more of this another time: sed de hoc alias pluribus
    
  • so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: atque or sed haec (quidem) hactenus
    
  • so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: ac (sed) de ... satis dixi, dictum est
    
  • but that takes us too far: sed lābor longius
    
  • but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem
    
  • but enough: sed manum de tabula!
    

Lojban

Rafsi

sed

1. rafsi of stedu.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): sijȇd

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sědъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêːd/

Adjective

sȇd ‎(definite sȇdī, comparative sediji, Cyrillic spelling се̑д)

1. grey (usually of hair)
2. grey-haired

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seð/
• Rhymes: -eð

Etymology 1

From Latin sitis ‎(“thirst”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis ‎(“perishing, decrease”). Cognate with Portuguese sede.

Noun

sed f ‎(plural sedes)

1. thirst
   • Tengo sed.

     I'm thirsty.

Derived terms

• sediento

See also

• hambre f

Etymology 2

Verb

sed

1. Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of ser.

Anagrams

• des

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish siþer, from Old Norse siðr, from Proto-Germanic *siduz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːd

Noun

sed c

1. a (society-wide) custom, a traditional habit

Declension

Related terms

• sedvänja
• sedvanlig
• sedlighet
• ta seden dit man kommer