sede

See also: sedé, séde, sêde, and šedé

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

sede (plural sedes)

1. Obsolete spelling of seed.

See also

• sede vacante
• supersede

References

• 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.

Anagrams

• seed, EDES, dese, dees, Seed, Edes

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sitis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧de

Noun

sede f (plural sedes)

1. thirst

Derived terms

• sedientu

Friulian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēta, saeta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧de

Noun

sede f (plural sedis)

1. silk

Galician

Verb

sede

1. second-person plural imperative of ser

Interlingua

Verb

sede

1. present of seder
2. imperative of seder

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēdēs.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sede f (plural sedi)

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

Latin

Noun

sēde

1. ablative singular of sēdēs

Verb

sedē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sedeō

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sitis.

Noun

sede f (plural sedes)

1. thirst

References

• AEDLL

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

sēde m or f

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zede
  • Afrikaans: sede

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

sede

1. Alternative form of seed (“seed”)

Etymology 2

Verb

sede

1. Alternative form of seden

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Alternative forms

• seda, sida

Derived terms

• sede opp

Related terms

• sed

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse setit, supine of sitja.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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!

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː.də/

Verb

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!

References

• “sede” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑁂𑀤𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• सेदे (Devanagari script)
• সেদে (Bengali script)
• සෙදෙ (Sinhalese script)
• သေဒေ or သေၻေ (Burmese script)
• เสเท (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᨴᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສເທ (Lao script)
• សេទេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑄘𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

sede

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

Papiamentu

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese sede and Spanish sede and Kabuverdianu sedi.

Noun

sede

1. thirst

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• sêde (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɨ/ [ˈse.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: se‧de

Noun

sede f (plural sedes)

2. thirst (feeling the need to drink something)

   Não tenho sede.

   I am not thirsty.

   • 1975, Gilberto Gil (lyrics and music), “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.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.dɨ/ [ˈsɛ.ðɨ]

• Homophone: cede
• Hyphenation: se‧de

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• sediar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• sêde (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɨ/ [ˈse.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: se‧de

Verb

sede

1. second-person plural imperative of ser

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.dɨ/ [ˈsɛ.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: se‧de

Verb

sede

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

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

sede

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

Verb

sede (Cyrillic spelling седе)

1. third-person plural present of sedeti

Verb

sede (Cyrillic spelling седе)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sēdēs.

Noun

sede f (plural sedes)

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

Derived terms

• Santa Sede
• sede apostólica

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sede

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

Further reading

• “sede”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10