sello
English
Etymology
Clipping of sellotape.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛloʊ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛləʊ
Noun
sello (uncountable)
- (British, slang) sellotape.
- Can you pass the sello? We need to get these presents wrapped up by tonight.
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
sello
- first-person singular present indicative of sellar
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish cello, from Italian cello.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈselːo/, [ˈs̠e̞lːo̞]
- Rhymes: -elːo
- Syllabification(key): sel‧lo
- Hyphenation(key): sel‧lo
Noun
sello
Declension
| Inflection of sello (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | sello | sellot | |
| genitive | sellon | sellojen | |
| partitive | selloa | selloja | |
| illative | selloon | selloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sello | sellot | |
| accusative | nom. | sello | sellot |
| gen. | sellon | ||
| genitive | sellon | sellojen | |
| partitive | selloa | selloja | |
| inessive | sellossa | selloissa | |
| elative | sellosta | selloista | |
| illative | selloon | selloihin | |
| adessive | sellolla | selloilla | |
| ablative | sellolta | selloilta | |
| allative | sellolle | selloille | |
| essive | sellona | selloina | |
| translative | selloksi | selloiksi | |
| abessive | sellotta | selloitta | |
| instructive | — | selloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “sello”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛl.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɛllo
- Hyphenation: sèl‧lo
Verb
sello
- first-person singular present indicative of sellare
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseʝo/ [ˈse.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˈseʎo/ [ˈse.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˈseʃo/ [ˈse.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈseʒo/ [ˈse.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -eʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -eʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: se‧llo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish sello, seello, from Latin sigillum. Doublet of sigilo.
Noun
sello m (plural sellos)
- seal, sigil
- stamp (device for stamping designs)
- stamp (imprint made by stamping)
- postage stamp
- Synonym: estampilla
Derived terms
- cara o sello
- matasellos
- sello de alcance
- sello de Salomón
- sello del estómago
- sello discográfico
- sello postal
Related terms
Descendants
- Chavacano: sello
- → Cebuano: selyo
- → Chamorro: seyo
- → Hiligaynon: selyo
- → Ilocano: selio
- → Kapampangan: seliu
- → Tagalog: selyo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sello
- first-person singular present indicative of sellar
Further reading
- “sello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024