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FromMiddle Englishseller,sellere, (alsosiller,sullar,sullere), fromOld English*sellere,*syllere, equivalent tosell +-er(agent noun) (sense 1) andsell +-er(patient) (sense 2). Cognate withDanishsælger,Swedishsäljare,Icelandicseljari(“a seller; dealer”).
seller (pluralsellers)
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Alternative forms.
seller (pluralsellers)
seller (genitiveselleri,partitivesellerit)
| Declension ofseller (ÕS type2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | seller | sellerid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | selleri | ||
| genitive | 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 | |
seller
| infinitive | simple | seller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | sellant /sɛ.lɑ̃/ or/se.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sellé /sɛ.le/ or/se.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | selle /sɛl/ | selles /sɛl/ | selle /sɛl/ | sellons /sɛ.lɔ̃/ or/se.lɔ̃/ | sellez /sɛ.le/ or/se.le/ | sellent /sɛl/ |
| imperfect | sellais /sɛ.lɛ/ or/se.lɛ/ | sellais /sɛ.lɛ/ or/se.lɛ/ | sellait /sɛ.lɛ/ or/se.lɛ/ | sellions /sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or/se.ljɔ̃/ | selliez /sɛ.lje/ or/se.lje/ | sellaient /sɛ.lɛ/ or/se.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sellai /sɛ.le/ or/se.le/ | sellas /sɛ.la/ or/se.la/ | sella /sɛ.la/ or/se.la/ | sellâmes /sɛ.lam/ or/se.lam/ | sellâtes /sɛ.lat/ or/se.lat/ | sellèrent /sɛ.lɛʁ/ or/se.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | sellerai /sɛl.ʁe/ | selleras /sɛl.ʁa/ | sellera /sɛl.ʁa/ | sellerons /sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | sellerez /sɛl.ʁe/ | selleront /sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sellerais /sɛl.ʁɛ/ | sellerais /sɛl.ʁɛ/ | sellerait /sɛl.ʁɛ/ | sellerions /sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or/se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | selleriez /sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or/se.lə.ʁje/ | selleraient /sɛl.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | selle /sɛl/ | selles /sɛl/ | selle /sɛl/ | sellions /sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or/se.ljɔ̃/ | selliez /sɛ.lje/ or/se.lje/ | sellent /sɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | sellasse /sɛ.las/ or/se.las/ | sellasses /sɛ.las/ or/se.las/ | sellât /sɛ.la/ or/se.la/ | sellassions /sɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or/se.la.sjɔ̃/ | sellassiez /sɛ.la.sje/ or/se.la.sje/ | sellassent /sɛ.las/ or/se.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | selle /sɛl/ | — | sellons /sɛ.lɔ̃/ or/se.lɔ̃/ | sellez /sɛ.le/ or/se.le/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French, pp.77,78,79,81). | |||||||
seller
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seller
seller m
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seller f
Cognate toGermanselbig(“the same (one)”).
seller
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | f | n | |||
| nominative | seller | selle,selli | sell | selle,selli | |
| dative | sellem,sem | sellere,sellre,seller | sellem,sem | selle | |
| accusative | seller | selle,selli | sell | selle,selli | |
seller
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | f | n | |||
| nominative | seller | selle,selli | sell | selle,selli | |
| dative | sellem,sem | sellere,sellre,seller | sellem,sem | selle | |
| accusative | seller | selle,selli | sell | selle,selli | |
seller
