seal

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.

Verb

To hunt seals.

Verb

1. (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
2. To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
3. (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
4. (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
5. (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
6. (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
7. (transitive) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
8. (transitive) To guarantee.
9. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
10. To close by means of a seal.
11. (Mormonism) To bind eternally as family members.
12. To form a sacred commitment.
13. (transitive) To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.

Verb

To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.

Conceptes

segell

foca

segellar

timbre

juntura

precinte

caçar foques

enxarolar

xarolar

lacrar

lacre

pell de foca

envernissar

prestigi

Sinònims

stamp

close

mark

signet

imprint

plug

symbol

shut

block

chop

close tightly

seal up

sign

cachet

cork

impress

sea-dog

fasten

sealskin

secure

emblem

stop

🛑

insignia

affix a seal

varnish

token

seal off

shut off

sealing

sealing wax

lock

🔒

impression

gasket

sea calf

place under a seal

concentrate

brand

stop up

stopper

seal of approval

ratify

blockade

print

caulk

lead

obturate

paste

coop in

confinement

condense

Traduccions

sceau

🦭

phoque

🦭

Siegel

🦭

foca

🦭

Robbe

🦭

sello

🦭

sigillo

🦭

Seehund

foca

🦭

selo

🦭

sceller

🦭

sellar

foca

zeehond

🦭

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/siːl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: sele

Heretat de anglès antic: seolh

Cognat amb escocès: selch

Cognat amb frisó septentrional: selich

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: seel

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: selah

Cognat amb danès: sæl

Cognat amb Middle Low German: sale

Cognat amb anglès: sullow

Cognat amb finès: hylki

Cognat amb estonià: hüljes

Heretat de anglès mitjà: *selen

Cognat amb anglès mitjà: sele

Heretat de anglès antic: sǣlan

In summary

From Middle English sele, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare Scots selch,selkie, North Frisian selich, Middle Dutch seel, zēle, Old High German selah, Danish sæl, Middle Low German sale), Icelandic selur, either from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare dialectal English sullow (“plough”)) or from early Proto-Finnic *šülkeš (later *hülgeh, compare dialectal Finnish hylki, standard hylje, Estonian hüljes).