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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seel

/siːl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables
seel
IPA
/siːl/
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Good; fortunate; opportune; happy.

Obsolete

noun

Good fortune; happiness; bliss.

British usage

noun

Opportunity; time; season.

British usage

verb

To sew together the eyelids of a young hawk.

verb

To blind.

verb

To roll on the waves in a storm.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

noun

The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English sel, sele, from Old English *sǣle (“good, fortunate, happy”) (attested in Old English unsǣle (“evil, wicked”)), from Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“good, happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”). Cognate with Danish sæl (“blissful”), Dutch zalig (“blissful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”), Icelandic sæll (“blissful”), Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”), Swedish säll (“blissful”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more seel (comparative) most seel (superlative) seels (plural) seal (alternative) seels (present, singular) seeling (participle, present) seeled (participle, past) seeled (past)

Derived Forms

unseel

Phrases

barley-seel hay-seel

Homonyms

seal sele ceil

Rhymes With

feel real deal we'll steel appeal wheel meal ideal reveal steal seal

Questions

How do you pronounce seel?
The recorded pronunciation is /siːl/.
What does seel mean?
Good; fortunate; opportune; happy.
Where does seel come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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