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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?l, IPA^(key): /si?l/
• Rhymes: -i?l
• Homophones: SEAL, ceil

Etymology 1

From Middle English sele, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Dutch seel, z?le, Old High German selah, Danish sæl, Middle Low German sale), 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).

Noun

seal (plural seals)

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

2. (heraldry) A bearing representing a creature something like a walrus.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:pinniped

Derived terms

Related terms

• vent

Descendants

• ? Sotho: sili
• ? Swahili: sili

Translations

Verb

seal (third-person singular simple present seals, present participle sealing, simple past and past participle sealed)

1. (intransitive) To hunt seals.

Translations

See also

• clapmatch
• dolphin
• sea lion
• selkie
• walrus

Further reading

• Pinniped on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English sele, from Anglo-Norman sëel, from Latin sigillum, a diminutive of signum (“sign”)

Doublet of sigil and sigillum.

Noun

seal (plural seals)

1. A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 11:

     She [Nature] carved thee for her seal, and meant thereby

     Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die.

2. An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
3. A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
4. Anything that secures or authenticates.
5. Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.

6. (figuratively) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.

7. Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.

8. A tight closure, secure against leakage.

9. A chakra. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Scottish Gaelic: seula

Translations

Verb

seal (third-person singular simple present seals, present participle sealing, simple past and past participle sealed)

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).

   Synonyms: block, block off, close, close off, obstruct, seal off

5. (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
6. (transitive) To place in a sealed container.

   Synonym: enclose

7. (transitive, chess) 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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)

10. To close by means of a seal.

11. (Mormonism) To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• stamp

Further reading

• Seal (device) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

From Middle English *selen (suggested by Middle English sele (“harness; hame”)), perhaps from Old English s?lan (“to bind”).

Verb

seal (third-person singular simple present seals, present participle sealing, simple past and past participle sealed)

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

Anagrams

• ASLE, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, Sale, Salé, Sela, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, sela

Estonian

Pronoun

seal

1. there

Etymology

Demonstrative pronoun from pronoun see ("this", "it"). "Seal" is an adessive form of Uralic root *sikä. Compare to Finnish siellä ("siel" in spoken language)

Noun

seal

1. adessive case of siga.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sel, from Proto-Celtic *swelo- (“turn”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??al?/

Noun

seal m (genitive singular seala, nominative plural sealanna)

1. a turn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “seal” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• “seal” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 625.
• "seal" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian s?l, from Proto-West Germanic *sadul.

Noun

seal n (plural sealen, diminutive sealtsje)

1. saddle

Further reading

• “seal (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian *sele, from Proto-West Germanic *sali.

Noun

seal c or n (plural sealen, diminutive sealtsje)

1. hall

Further reading

• “seal (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?lænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Latin gl?ns (“acorn”).

Noun

gland (plural glands)

1. (zoology) An organ that synthesizes a substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
2. (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:gland

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• organ

Etymology 2

19th century. Etymology unknown.

Noun

gland (plural glands)

2. (mechanical) A compressable cylindrical case and its contents around a shaft where it passes through a barrier, intended to prevent the passage of a fluid past the barrier, such as:
   1. A gland used around a ship’s propeller shaft.
   2. A gland used around a tap, valve or faucet.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French glant, from Latin gl?ndem, accusative singular of gl?ns, from Proto-Indo-European *g?elh?- (“acorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??/

Noun

gland m (plural glands)

1. acorn
2. (anatomy) glans
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage

     Brise-cul, vingt-huit ans, l'air d'un satyre, son vit est tortu; la tête ou le gland en est énorme: il a huit pouces trois lignes de tour, et le corps du vit huit pouces sur seize de long; ce vit majestueux est absolument cambré.

3. tassel
4. (vulgar, slang) (of a person) prick, wanker, bell end

Derived terms

• glander

Related terms

• glande

Further reading

• “gland” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Alternative forms

• glant

Etymology

From Latin gl?ndem, accusative of gl?ns.

Noun

gland m (plural glands)

1. acorn

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gland, from Latin glans, glandis. Doublet of the inherited ghind?.

Noun

gland n (plural glanduri)

1. (anatomy) glans penis

Declension