sede

• IPA^(key): /siːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd

sede (plural sedes)

1. Obsolete spelling of seed.

• sede vacante
• supersede

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sede”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “sede”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• seed, EDES, dese, dees, Seed, Edes

Inherited from Latin sitis.

• Hyphenation: se‧de

sede f (plural sedes)

1. thirst

• sedientu

Inherited from Latin sēta, saeta.

• Hyphenation: se‧de

sede f (plural sedis)

1. silk

sede

1. second-person plural imperative of ser

sede

1. present of seder
2. imperative of seder

Inherited from Latin sēdēs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.de/, /ˈse.de/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛde, -ede
• Hyphenation: sè‧de, sé‧de

sede f (plural sedi)

1. venue
2. see (of a bishop)
3. branch (of an organization)
4. syllable
5. seat (of the body)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈseː.dɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.de]

sēde

1. ablative singular of sēdēs

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.deː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.de]

sedē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sedeō

Inherited from Latin sitis.

sede f (plural sedes)

1. thirst

• “sede”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026

Inherited from Old Dutch sido, from Proto-Germanic *siduz.

sēde m or f

1. habit, custom
2. behaviour, way in which one acts
3. nature, character

• Dutch: zede
  • Afrikaans: sede

• “sede”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sede (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

sede

1. alternative form of seed (“seed”)

sede

1. alternative form of seden

Inherited from Old Norse siða, from Proto-Germanic *sidōną.

• IPA^(key): /²seː.də/
• Homophone: CD

sede (present tense sedar, past tense seda, past participle seda, passive infinitive sedast, present participle sedande, imperative sede/sed)

1. (transitive) to teach, civilize
2. (reflexive) to act well

• seda, sida

• sede opp

• sed

Inherited from Old Norse setit, supine of sitja.

• IPA^(key): /²seː.də/
• Homophone: CD

sede

1. supine of sidja
   • 1982, Einar Lea, Svein Inge Årrestad, Fjåge folk: Lått og løye frå Jæren, Oslo: Samlaget, page 14:

     De he vel sede der og lebja av same glaset som vanligt!

     I guess they have sat there and sipped from the same glas as usual!

Inherited from Old Norse sitr, 2nd and 3rd person present indicative singular of sitja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː.də/

sede

1. present tense of sidja
   • 1982, Einar Lea, Svein Inge Årrestad, Fjåge folk: Lått og løye frå Jæren, Oslo: Samlaget, page 42:

     ja, du veid eg sede så formann der!

     You know I am incumbent as board leader there!

• “sede” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

sede

1. inflection of seda (“sweat”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Derived from Portuguese sede and Spanish sed and Kabuverdianu sedi.

sede

1. thirst

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sede (“thirst”), from Latin sitis (“thirst”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, destruction, decrease”).

• sêde (pre-reform spelling)

• Hyphenation: se‧de

sede f (plural sedes)

2. thirst (feeling the need to drink something)

   Não tenho sede.

   I am not thirsty.

   • 1975, Gilberto Gil, “Tenho Sede”, in Refazenda, Phonogram:

     Traga-me um copo d’água / Tenho sede

     Bring me a glass of water / I am thirsty

     (literally, “I have thirst”)

4. (figurative) thirst; craving (eager desire)

   Sede de vingança.

   Thirst for revenge.

From Latin sēdēs (“seat”); related to the Latin verb sedeo (“to sit”). Doublet of sé.

• Homophone: cede
• Hyphenation: se‧de

sede f (plural sedes)

2. headquarters; seat (a building, office or place that serves as the centre of an organisation’s administration)

   A sede da Comissão Europeia é em Bruxelas.

   The seat of the European Commission is in Brussels.

4. (ecclesiastical) see; diocese (domain under a bishop’s jurisdiction)

   Synonyms: sé, diocese

6. venue; host (a building or place where a given event is held)

   Londres foi a sede dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2012.

   London was the host 2012 Summer Olympics.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• sêde (pre-reform spelling)

• Hyphenation: se‧de

sede

1. second-person plural imperative of ser

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Hyphenation: se‧de

sede

1. inflection of sedar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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

sede (Cyrillic spelling седе)

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

sede (Cyrillic spelling седе)

1. third-person plural present of sedeti

sede (Cyrillic spelling седе)

1. second/third-person singular aorist past of sesti

• IPA^(key): /ˈsede/ [ˈse.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -ede
• Syllabification: se‧de
• Homophone: (Latin America) cede

Borrowed from Latin sēdēs.

sede f (plural sedes)

1. seat, headquarters
2. (event) venue
3. (Christianity, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) see
4. (building) office

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sede

1. inflection of sedar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “sede”, 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