seda

Inherited from Latin saeta.

seda f

1. silk

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “seda”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Inherited from Latin saeta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseda/ [ˈse.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -eda
• Syllabification: se‧da

seda f (plural sedes)

1. silk

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “seda”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “seda”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛ.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsə.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.ða]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Inherited from Old Catalan seda, from Latin sēta, variant of saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

seda f (plural sedes)

1. silk
2. silken thread

• “seda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “seda”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

seda

1. inflection of sedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Spanish seda.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseda/ [ˈse.d̪a]
• Hyphenation: se‧da

séda (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜇ)

1. silk

Inherited from Spanish seda (“silk”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈseda/, [ˈse.d̪a]
• Hyphenation: se‧da

seda

1. silk

seda

1. partitive singular of see

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese seda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin saeta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseda/ [ˈs̺e.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eda
• Hyphenation: se‧da

seda f (plural sedas)

1. (uncountable) silk (material)
2. bristle

   Synonym: serda

3. crack, chink, crevice in an object
4. crack, chap in the skin

   Synonym: sedela

• sedela
• sedeño
• sedoso

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “seda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “seda”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Hyphenation: sè‧da

seda

1. inflection of sedare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• da sé

seda

1. romanization of ꦱꦼꦢ
2. alternative spelling of séda romanization of ꦱꦺꦢ

sēdā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sēdō

• "seda", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sədaq.

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /səˈdaʔ/ [ʂɨˈɽaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: se‧da

sëdâ

1. fish

From Arabic صَدَى (ṣadā, “echo”).

seda ?

1. voice

• Audio (Béarn):

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seda f (plural sedas)

1. silk

• sedariá

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 627

Inherited from Sanskrit स्वेद (sveda, “sweat”).

seda m

1. sweat

Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “seda”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

From Old Galician-Portuguese seda, from Latin saeta (“animal hair”), from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

• sêda (pre-reform spelling)

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: -edɐ
• Homophone: ceda
• Hyphenation: se‧da

seda f (countable and uncountable, plural sedas)

1. (uncountable) silk (a type of fiber)
2. (countable) a piece of silken cloth or silken clothes
3. (uncountable, Brazil, slang) rolling paper for marijuana cigarettes

   Holonyms: see Thesaurus:cigarro de maconha

• Kadiwéu: xeeda

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -ɛdɐ
• Hyphenation: se‧da

seda

1. inflection of sedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “seda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “seda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin sedare.

• IPA^(key): /seˈda/

a seda (third-person singular present sedează, past participle sedat) 1st conjugation

1. to sedate

• “seda”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

• saida (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• seida (Sursilvan, Surmiran)
• zeda (Sutsilvan)

From Latin saeta, sēta (compare French soie).

seda f

1. (Sutsilvan) silk

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną.

• IPA^(key): [sèːda]

seda (preterite singular sad, supine sódeð)

1. to sit

seda (Cyrillic spelling седа)

1. inflection of sed:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• IPA^(key): /ˈseda/ [ˈse.ð̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eda
• Syllabification: se‧da
• Homophone: (Latin America) ceda

Inherited from Old Spanish seda, from Latin sēta, monophthongized variant of saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

seda f (plural sedas)

1. silk (fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod)
2. silk (fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers)
3. thin string (long, very thin, and flexible structure made from threads twisted together)

• → Karao: sida

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

seda

1. inflection of sedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “seda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish seda, from Old Spanish seda, from Latin sēta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂-, from *sh₂ey-, from *seh₂-, or from *-éyti.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈseda/ [ˈsɛː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eda
• Syllabification: se‧da

seda (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ)

1. silk

   Synonym: sutla

• “seda”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صدا (seda), from Arabic صَدَى (ṣadā, “echo”).

• IPA^(key): [seˈdaː]
• Hyphenation: se‧da

seda(dated)

1. sound
2. voice

• “seda”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Other scripts
Latin	seda‍
Cyrillic	седа‍
Arabic	صدا

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /θeˈdɑː/
• Hyphenation: se‧da

sedā (definite accusative sedāny, plural sedālar)

1. alternative form of seza (“sound, voice”)

• “seda” in Enedilim.com