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seta

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English

Etymology

From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (silk).

Pronunciation

Noun

seta (plural setas or setae or setæ)

  1. A bristle or hair.
    • 1991, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volumes 31-32, page 83:
      The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae.
  2. (botany) The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:
      The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches []

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Translations

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Pronunciation

Noun

seta (Kana spelling セタ)

  1. dog

Synonyms

Asturian

Noun

seta f (plural setes)

  1. mushroom

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

seta

  1. inflection of sít:
    1. feminine singular passive participle
    2. neuter plural passive participle

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse setja, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti. Causative of *sitjaną.

Verb

seta (third person singular past indicative setti, supine sett)

  1. to set, to put
    seta pengar inn á kontoinato deposit money
    seta ein prísto fix a price
    seta í gongdto start
    seta sporto leave a trace
    sólin seturthe sun is setting
    seta segto sit down

Conjugation

More information infinitive, supine ...

1Only the past participle being declined.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish skädda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsetɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -etɑ
  • Syllabification(key): se‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): se‧ta

Noun

seta (dated)

  1. (nautical) synonym of lokilastu

Usage notes

  • In contemporary Finnish Seta refers to a Finnish association that works for LGBT rights.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin saeta.

Noun

seta f (plural setæ)

  1. seta

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese saeta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sagitta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛta/ [ˈs̺ɛ.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Hyphenation: se‧ta

Noun

seta f (plural setas)

  1. arrow
    Synonym: frecha
    • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 337:
      que seyron do dito castello os ditos tres omens e aderençaran a él por lo matar, dentro na dita vyña, e hun deles le puxara hua seta por lo matar, e quando vyra a balesta armada, que fogira por la vyña e foron pus él por llo matar, et de feyto o mataran con a dita seeta, senón Deus que o quyso gardar, e como le remesaran a dita seta, que le remesaran hua pedra e que le deran con ela ena caueça
      that the aforementioned three men left the castle and came towards him for killing him, in that vineyard, and one of them took an arrow, and when he saw the crossbow armed he ran way, but they came after him for killing him, and actually they would have killed him with that arrow if not because God wanted to protect him, and as they threw that arrow, they also threw a stone which hit him in the head

Derived terms

  • setada

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