English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-sell.ogg|Audio (US)
IPA|/s�l/
:rhymes|�l

Homophones
cell

Etymology 1
OE. sellan �give�, later �give up for money�, from Ger. *saljanan.

Antonyms
buy

Verb
en-verb|sells|selling|sold|sold

1. To agree to transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
2. (professional wrestling slang) In professional wrestling, to pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
3. idiom To promote a particular viewpoint; to manipulate towards a desired end.

#: I don't know what she was selling when she pretended she liked him.

Translations
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Arabic: ARchar|باع IPAchar|(b��a)
Bosnian: prodati, prodavati, trgovati
Catalan: vendre
Chinese: � (mài)
Danish: sælge
Dutch: verkopen
Esperanto: vendi
Finnish: myydä
French: vendre
German: verkaufen
Hungarian: elad
Indonesian: jual, jual|menjual
Italian: vendere
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Japanese: 売� (��, uru), 販売�� (������, hanbai-suru), 売��� (����, uri-dasu)
Korean: �� (palda)
Kurdish: firotin, firo�tin
Old English: bebycgan, beceapian|be��apian
Polish: sprzedawa�, sprzeda�
Portuguese: vender
Romanian: vinde
Russian: п�одава�� (prodavát�)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: п�ода�и, п�одава�и, ��гова�и
:Roman: prodati, prodavati, trgovati
Slovene: prodati
Spanish: vender#Spanish|vender
Swedish: sälja
Tagalog: ipagbili, magtinda
Telugu: �మ�మ� (ammu), వి��రయి��� (vikrayinchu)
Turkish: satmak
Vietnamese: bán
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Noun
en-noun

1. An easy task.

#*1922: What a sell for Lena! - w:Katherine Mansfield|Katherine Mansfield, The Doll's House (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 354)

Etymology 2
From F. selle, from L. sella.

Spellings
selle (obsolete)

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete A seat or stool.
2. archaic A saddle.

Category:English irregular verbs

Breton

Noun
infl|br|noun

1. look

Scots

Etymology
OE.|sco sellan.

Pronunciation
IPA|/s�l/

Verb
sco-verb|sells|sellin|sellt or sauld|sellt or sauld

1. To #English|sell.

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