seda

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of sedar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of sedar:

sedar

to sedate (to tranquilise by giving a sedative)

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Concepts

silk

rayon

silks

Translations

seda

soie

seta

Seide

zijde

seda

μετάξι

ipek

حرير

seda

zij

👩

zijdedoek

kej

حرِير

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈse.dɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: saeta

In summary

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”).