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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sele

/siːl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables
se-le
IPA
/siːl/
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Happiness, fortune.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment, season

British usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Greeting, salutation.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *sēliz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *sālī Old English sǣl Middle English sel English sele Inherited from Middle English sel (“fortune, bliss; a unit of time”), from Old English sǣl (“time, occasion, an opportune time, opportunity, happiness, prosperity, good times”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz. Related to silly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sel, sǣl, *sālī, *sēliz

Usage

Inflected Forms

seles (plural)

Derived Forms

haysel wheatsel

Frequently Paired Words

silly

Homonyms

seal seel ceil

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce sele?
The recorded pronunciation is /siːl/.
What does sele mean?
Happiness, fortune.
Where does sele come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce sele

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