Inherited fromLatinsitis; compareAsturiansede,Catalanset,Spanishsed.
sete f
- thirst
sete
- vocativesingular ofset
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
IPA(key): [ˈseˀd̥ə]
sete
- past participledefinitesingular ofse
- past participleplural ofse
FromOld Galician-Portuguesesete, fromLatinseptem.
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛte/[ˈs̺ɛ.t̪ɪ]
- Rhymes:-ɛte
- Hyphenation:se‧te
sete (indeclinable)
- seven
FromLatinsitis, fromProto-Indo-European*dʰgʷʰítis(“decay; destruction”), derived from the root*dʰgʷʰey-(“to decline; to perish”).
sete f (pluralseti)
- (literal and figurative)thirst
- averesete ―to be thirsty
- sete in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
sete f
- plural ofseta
sete
- Alternative form ofcite
FromOld Norsesæti.
sete n (definite singularsetet,indefinite pluralseter,definite pluralsetaorsetene)
- aseat
- (anatomy)buttocks
- (geology)kameterrace;lateral terrace
- asaddle (on a bicycle)
- “sete” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
- (former reform[s] only):sæte(neuter noun)
From differentOld Norse terms. All of them are related tositja(“to sit”), which is ultimately from theProto-Indo-European root*sed-(“to sit”).
sete n (definite singularsetet,indefinite pluralsete,definite pluralseta)
- aseat
- asaddle (on a bicycle)
- (anatomy)buttocks
- (geology)kameterrace;lateral terrace
sete m (definite singularseten,indefinite pluralsetar,definite pluralsetane)
- (anatomy)buttocks
- (geology)kameterrace;lateral terrace
sete f (definite singularseta,indefinite pluralseter,definite pluralsetene)
- the act ofsitting
- Synonym:sitjing
- mark or imprint where someone has sat
det synerseta etter henne i graset- you can see the imprint in the grass where she sat
The neuter form, with its meanings, is by far the most usual one.
sete
- inflection ofsitja,sitje,sitta andsitte:
- neuter past participle
- supine
- “sete” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
sete
- singularimperative ofsettan
FromOld Galician-Portuguesesete, fromLatinseptem(“seven”), fromProto-Indo-European*septḿ̥(“seven”). Compare Spanishsiete.
sete m orf
- seven
For quotations using this term, seeCitations:sete.
sete m (pluralsetes)
- seven
- (card games)seven
For quotations using this term, seeCitations:sete.
Inherited fromLatinsitis, sitem, fromProto-Indo-European*dʰgʷʰítis(“perishing, decrease”).
sete f (uncountable)
- thirst
Declension ofsete| singular only | indefinite | definite |
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| nominative-accusative | sete | setea |
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| genitive-dative | sete | setei |
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| vocative | |
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FromLatinseptem, fromProto-Italic*septem, fromProto-Indo-European*septḿ̥.
sete
- seven
sete (Cyrillic spellingсете)
- inflection ofseta:
- genitivesingular
- nominative/accusative/vocativeplural
- IPA(key): /ˈsete/[ˈse.t̪e]
- Rhymes:-ete
- Syllabification:se‧te
sete
- inflection ofser:
- second-personsingularimperative combined withte
- second-personsingular voseoimperative combined withte
FromLatinseptem. CompareItaliansette.
sete
- seven
- seventh
