sella

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) seat, chair (one that is moveable unlike a sedīle)
2. (declension-1, feminine, historical) A kind of open or enclosed sedan chair
3. (Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine) saddle
4. (declension-1, feminine) stool

Concepts

chair

🪑

seat

💺

sedan chair

Synonyms

sedes

💺

cathedra

solium

💺

lectica

lecticula

thronus

Translations

chaise

🪑

cadira

🪑

sedia

🪑

stoel

🪑

Stuhl

🪑

silla

🪑

καρέκλα

cadeira

🪑

sandalye

🪑

cadièra

كُرْسِيّ

iskemle

🪑

kursî

كرسي

🪑

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsɛl.la]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-, whence sedeō (“I sit”). The same formation as Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, Proto-Slavic *sedъlo.