seller

See also: Seller

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɛlə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛlɚ/ enPR: sĕl-ər
  • Rhymes: -ɛlə(r)
  • Homophone: cellar

Etymology 1

From Middle English seller, sellere, (also siller, sullar, sullere), from Old English *sellere, *syllere, equivalent to sell +‎ -er. Cognate with Danish sælger, Swedish säljare, Icelandic seljari (“a seller; dealer”).

Noun

seller (plural sellers)

  1. Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.
    Alisha was a seller of fine books.
  2. Something which sells.
    Two of the books Alisha authored had become banner sellers.
Derived terms
terms derived from seller (1)
terms derived from seller (2)
Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

seller (plural sellers)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cellar

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

seller (genitive selleri, partitive sellerit)

  1. celery

Declension
Inflection of seller (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative seller sellerid
accusative selleri sellerid
genitive selleri 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

French

Etymology

selle +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛ.le/, /se.le/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

seller

  1. to saddle

Conjugation
Conjugation of seller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle sellant
/sɛ.lɑ̃/ or /se.lɑ̃/
past participle sellé
/sɛ.le/ or /se.le/
infinitive
simple seller
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple sellant
/sɛ.lɑ̃/ or /se.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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/		 selleriez
/sɛ.lə.ʁje/		 selleraient
/sɛl.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + 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 of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — selle
/sɛl/		 — sellons
/sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /se.lɔ̃/		 sellez
/sɛ.le/ or /se.le/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

selle (“saddle”) +‎ -er

Verb

seller

  1. (Jersey) to saddle

Pennsylvania German

Determiner

seller

  1. inflection of sell:
    1. masculine nominative and accusative singular
    2. feminine dative singular
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