Feminine

selle

Sentences
An user
Elle
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  participe   aux   concours   jeunes   chevaux   sous   la   selle   de   Gilles  Veron.

She participated in the young horse competitions under the saddle of Gilles Veron.

Meaning

  1. (feminine) saddle (for riding)
  2. (feminine) commode (chair containing a chamber pot)
  3. (feminine, in-plural, metonymically) excrement (human or animal)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɛl/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French selle, from Old French sele, from Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

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