selfie
/ˈsɛlfi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "take a selfie"
- "Um, drunk at a mates^([sic]) 21st, I tripped ofer^([sic]) and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie."
- "Pre. Nice rooftop selfie. […] No Hair. Another nice rooftop selfie."
- "That's not to imply that it's "wrong" for your arm or hand to show up in a selfie."
- "The Mars Rover Takes A Selfie [title]"
- "Barack Obama was talking to David Cameron and with the Danish Prime Minister, and that’s when she actually reached into her purse and brought out a cell phone and stretched her arms and did a selfie with them."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Middle English self English self Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English selfie From self + -ie. Attested since 2002, originally Australian English.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɛlfi/
- British English: /ˈsɛlfi/