Definitions and meaning of seta
seta
Etymology
From Latin seta, from saeta.
Noun
seta (plural setas or setae or setæ)
- A bristle or hair
- (botany) The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- AEST, ESTA, East, SEAT, TEAs, east, eats, etas, sate, saté, seat, tase, teas
Ainu
Pronunciation
Noun
seta (Kana spelling セタ)
- dog
Synonyms
Asturian
Noun
seta f (plural setes)
- mushroom
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse setja, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti. Causative of *sitjaną.
Verb
seta (third person singular past indicative setti, third person plural past indicative sett, supine sett)
- to set, to put
Conjugation
Finnish
Noun
seta
- (nautical, dated) Synonym of lokilastu.
Usage notes
- In contemporary Finnish Seta refers to a Finnish association that works for LGBT rights.
Declension
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin saeta.
Noun
seta f (plural setæ)
- seta
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese saeta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sagitta.
Pronunciation
Noun
seta f (plural setas)
- arrow
- Synonym: frecha
- 1458, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 337:
- que seyron do dito castello os ditos tres omens e aderençaran a él por lo matar, dentro na dita vyña, e hun deles le puxara hua seta por lo matar, e quando vyra a balesta armada, que fogira por la vyña e foron pus él por llo matar, et de feyto o mataran con a dita seeta, senón Deus que o quyso gardar, e como le remesaran a dita seta, que le remesaran hua pedra e que le deran con ela ena caueça
- that the aforementioned three men left the castle and came towards him for killing him, in that vineyard, and one of them took an arrow, and when he saw the crossbow armed he ran way, but they came after him for killing him, and actually they would have killed him with that arrow if not because God wanted to protect him, and as they threw that arrow, they also threw a stone which hit him in the head
Derived terms
References
- “seeta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “seeta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “seta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “seta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin sēta, from saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese seda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈse.ta/
- Rhymes: -eta
- Hyphenation: sé‧ta
Noun
seta f (plural sete)
- (textiles) silk
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
References
- seta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Javanese
Adjective
seta
- Dated spelling of séta.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseː.ta/, [ˈs̠eː.t̪a]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.ta/, [ˈsɛː.t̪a]
Noun
sēta f (genitive sētae); first declension
- Alternative form of saeta ("bristle").
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- seta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- seta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
seta n
- definite plural of sete
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
seta n
- definite plural of set
- definite plural of sete
seta f
- definite singular of sete
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta, “white”).
Adjective
seta
- white
References
- Pali Text Society, editor (1921-1925) , “seta”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
seta f
- Augmentative of setka
Usage notes
Typically refers to a 100 ml bottle or shot of vodka.
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
seta
- genitive singular of set
Further reading
- seta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- seta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese saeta, from Latin sagitta.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: sé‧ta
Noun
seta f (plural setas)
- arrow
- weapon
- pointing symbol
Synonyms
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sěta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sêta/
- Hyphenation: se‧ta
Noun
sȅta f (Cyrillic spelling се̏та)
- sorrow, melancholy
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Unknown
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseta/
- Homophone: zeta (non-Castilian dialects)
Noun
seta f (plural setas)
- mushroom (especially edible)
- Synonyms: callampa (Chile), champiñón, hongo
Source: wiktionary.org- (German) a very small plankton organism.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)