Standard Lemma guide

seal

name · noun · verb · 43 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • sēl
  • /siːl/
  • /siː.əl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːl
  • homophone: SEAL
  • homophone: ceil
  • homophone: seel
  • homophone: Cel
  • homophone: seal
  • CMU ARPABET: S IY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A village in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sea puppy, pinniped

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pinniped, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature

4

noun

Meaning 4

A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The front of the podium bore the presidential seal.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Anything that secures or authenticates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The result was declared invalid, as the seal on the meter had been broken.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • Her clothes always had her mom's seal of approval.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The canister is leaking. I think the main seal needs to be replaced.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A tight closure, secure against leakage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Close the lid tightly to get a good seal.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A chakra.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

Ellipsis of Navy SEAL (“member of the Sea, Air, Land unit”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To hunt seals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • They're organizing a protest against sealing.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To place a seal on (a document).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to seal weights and measures
  • to seal silverware

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The cover is sealed. If anyone tries to open it, we'll know about it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To close securely to prevent leakage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I've sealed the bottle to keep the contents fresh.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To place in a sealed container.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I've sealed the documents in this envelope.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enclose

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: board-games, chess, games

Examples

  • After thinking for half an hour, the champion sealed his move.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To guarantee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The last-minute goal sealed United’s win.
  • seal one's destiny
  • seal someone's fate
  • seal a job or a contract

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To close by means of a seal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to seal a drainpipe with water

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To bind eternally as family members.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Mormonism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To form a sacred commitment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

noun

Meaning 29

any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pinniped mammal, pinniped, pinnatiped

Narrower terms: crabeater seal, crab-eating seal, eared seal, earless seal, true seal, hair seal

30

noun

Meaning 30

a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stamp

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: device

Narrower terms: bulla, cachet, great seal, handstamp, rubber stamp, signet

31

noun

Meaning 31

fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing

Narrower terms: break seal, gasket, piston ring, washer

32

noun

Meaning 32

a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coating, coat

Narrower terms: undercoat, underseal

33

noun

Meaning 33

fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sealing wax

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing

34

noun

Meaning 34

an indication of approved or superior status

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cachet, seal of approval

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels

35

noun

Meaning 35

a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the warrant bore the sheriff's seal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stamp, impression

36

noun

Meaning 36

a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Navy SEAL

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy

37

noun

Meaning 37

the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a coat of seal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sealskin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fur, pelt

38

verb

Meaning 38

decide irrevocably

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • sealing dooms

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: decide, make up one's mind, determine

39

verb

Meaning 39

hunt seals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hunt, run, hunt down, track down

40

verb

Meaning 40

cover with varnish

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: varnish

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coat, surface

Narrower terms: shellac, shellack

41

verb

Meaning 41

close with or as if with a seal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She sealed the letter with hot wax

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unseal

Broader terms: close, fill up

42

verb

Meaning 42

make tight; secure against leakage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • seal the windows

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seal off

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: close, shut

Narrower terms: reseal, waterproof, caulk, calk, pack

43

verb

Meaning 43

affix a seal to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • seal the letter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: affix, stick on

History

Etymology

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Sale. * As an occupational English surname, related to seal. * As an occupational English surname, from Old French sele (“saddle”). * As an English nickname-derived surname, from seal (the animal). * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant or semantic loan of Siegel.

From Middle English sel, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare Scots selch,selkie, North Frisian selich, Middle Dutch seel, zēle, Old High German selah, Danish sæl, Middle Low German sale, Icelandic selur), 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).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin sigillum Anglo-Norman seelbor. Middle English sel English seal Inherited from Middle English sel, sele, from Anglo-Norman seel, from Latin sigillum, a diminutive of signum (“sign”). Doublet of sigil and sigillum.

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

Across languages

Translations

519 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: атиулен (atʼiwlen) — pinniped
  • Afrikaans: rob — pinniped
  • Afrikaans: seehond — pinniped
  • Ainu: トッカリ (tokkari) — pinniped
  • Ainu: トゥカㇻ (tukar) — pinniped
  • Ainu: トゥッカㇻ (tukkar) — pinniped
  • Ainu: トゥコロ (tukoro) — pinniped
  • Albanian: fokë — pinniped
  • Arabic: فُقْمَة (fuqma) — pinniped
  • Arabic: فقمة (faqma) — pinniped
  • Arabic: فَقْمَة (faqma, fagma) — pinniped
  • Aragonese: foca — pinniped
  • Armenian: փոկ (pʻok) — pinniped
  • Armenian: ծովաշուն (covašun) — pinniped
  • Old Armenian: փոկ (pʻok) — pinniped
  • Asturian: foca — pinniped
  • Asturian: llobu marín — pinniped
  • Azerbaijani: suiti — pinniped
  • Basque: itsas txakur — pinniped
  • Belarusian: цюле́нь (cjuljénʹ) — pinniped
  • Breton: reunig — pinniped
  • Bulgarian: тюле́н (tjulén) — pinniped
  • Burmese: ရေသူ (resu) — pinniped
  • Catalan: foca — pinniped
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎹᏱ ᎡᎯ ᏗᏑᏫᏍᎩ (amayi ehi disuwisgi) — pinniped
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎹ ᏗᏑᏫᏍᎩ (ama disuwisgi) — pinniped
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎹᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ ᏗᏑᏫᏍᎩ (amayi anehi disuwisgi) — pinniped
  • Chinese Cantonese: 海豹 (hoi2 paau3) — pinniped
  • Chinese Cantonese: 海狗 (hoi2 gau2) — pinniped
  • Chinese: 海豹 (zh-min-nan) — pinniped
  • Chinese: 海狗 (zh-min-nan) — pinniped
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海豹 (hǎibào) — pinniped
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海狗 (hǎigǒu) — pinniped
  • Wu Chinese: 海豹 (5he-pau) — pinniped
  • Cornish: reun — pinniped
  • Cree: ᐋᐦᑭᐠ (aahkik) — pinniped
  • Atikamekw: akikw — pinniped
  • Montagnais: atshiku — pinniped
  • Crimean Tatar: tülen — pinniped
  • Czech: lachtan — pinniped
  • Czech: tuleň — pinniped
  • Danish: sæl — pinniped
  • Dutch: zeehond — pinniped
  • Dutch: rob — pinniped
  • Esperanto: foko — pinniped
  • Estonian: hüljes — pinniped
  • Evenki: kuma — pinniped
  • Faroese: kópur — pinniped
  • Finnish: hylje — pinniped
  • French: phoque — pinniped
  • Gagauz: foka — pinniped
  • Galician: foca — pinniped
  • Galician: voca — pinniped
  • Galician: lobarraz — pinniped
  • Galician: lobo mariño — pinniped
  • Georgian: სელაპი (selaṗi) — pinniped
  • German: Robbe — pinniped
  • German: Seehund — pinniped
  • Greek: φώκια (fókia) — pinniped
  • Ancient Greek: φώκη (phṓkē) — pinniped
  • Greenlandic: puisi — pinniped
  • Halkomelem: áshxw — pinniped
  • Hebrew: כֶּלֶב יָם (kelev yam) — pinniped
  • Hindi: सील (sīl) — pinniped
  • Hungarian: fóka — pinniped
  • Icelandic: selur — pinniped
  • Ido: marohundo — pinniped
  • Indonesian: anjing laut — pinniped
  • Inuktitut: ᓇᑦᑎᖅ (nattiq) — pinniped
  • Inupiaq: natchiq — pinniped
  • Irish: rón — pinniped
  • Old Irish: rón — pinniped
  • Italian: foca — pinniped
  • Italian: otaria — pinniped
  • Japanese: 海豹 (azarashi) — pinniped
  • Japanese: 膃肭臍 (ottosei) — pinniped
  • Japanese: 海狗 (ottosei) — pinniped
  • Kalmyk: хав (xav) — pinniped
  • Karelian: hyleh — pinniped
  • Kazakh: итбалық (itbalyq) — pinniped
  • Korean: 물범 (mulbeom) — pinniped
  • Korean: 물개 (mulgae) — pinniped
  • Kven: hyljet — pinniped
  • Latin: phoca — pinniped
  • Latvian: ronis — pinniped
  • Lithuanian: ruonis — pinniped
  • Luxembourgish: Séihond — pinniped
  • Macedonian: фока (foka) — pinniped
  • Malay: anjing laut — pinniped
  • Malay: انجيڠ لاءوت — pinniped
  • Maltese: foka — pinniped
  • Manchu: ᡥᡠᠸᡝᡨᡥᡳ (huwethi) — pinniped
  • Northern Mansi: ся̄кыль ӯй (sâ̄kylʹ ūj) — pinniped
  • Manx: raun — pinniped
  • Māori: kekeno — pinniped
  • Central Melanau: asou daat — pinniped
  • Middle English: sele — pinniped
  • Mongolian: далайн хав (dalajn xav) — pinniped
  • Nivkh: лаӈр̌ (laŋř) — pinniped
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sel — pinniped
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sel — pinniped
  • Occitan: fòca — pinniped
  • Old English: seolh — pinniped
  • Old Norse: kópr — pinniped
  • Old Norse: selr — pinniped
  • Persian: فک (fok) — pinniped
  • Polish: foka — pinniped
  • Portuguese: foca — pinniped
  • Punjabi: ਸੀਲ (sīl) — pinniped
  • Romanian: focă — pinniped
  • Romansh: foca — pinniped
  • Romansh: chaun da mar — pinniped
  • Romansh: tgaun da mar — pinniped
  • Romansh: tgàn marin — pinniped
  • Russian: тюле́нь (tjulénʹ) — pinniped
  • Saanich: ÁSW̱ — pinniped
  • Inari-Sami: nuárju — pinniped
  • Kildin-Sami: нуэррьй (nuerr’j) — pinniped
  • Northern Sami: njuorjju — pinniped
  • Northern Sami: njuorju — pinniped
  • Skolt-Sami: nueʹrjj — pinniped
  • Southern Sami: nåervie — pinniped
  • Ter Sami: ныэррье (nïerrʹje) — pinniped
  • Scots: selch — pinniped
  • Scottish Gaelic: ròn — pinniped
  • Serbo-Croatian: ту̀љан — pinniped
  • Serbo-Croatian: фо̏ка — pinniped
  • Serbo-Croatian: tùljan — pinniped
  • Serbo-Croatian: fȍka — pinniped
  • Slovak: tuleň — pinniped
  • Slovene: tjulenj — pinniped
  • Lower Sorbian: roba — pinniped
  • Spanish: foca — pinniped
  • Spanish: lobo marino — pinniped
  • Spanish: lobo del mar — pinniped
  • Swahili: sili — pinniped
  • Swedish: säl — pinniped
  • Tagalog: karnerong-dagat — pinniped
  • Tagalog: poka — pinniped
  • Thai: แมวน้ํา (mɛɛo-náam) — pinniped
  • Turkish: fok — pinniped
  • Ottoman Turkish: آیی بالغی (ayı balığı) — pinniped
  • Turkmen: suw it — pinniped
  • Ukrainian: тюле́нь (tjulénʹ) — pinniped
  • Unami: mpixàm — pinniped
  • Uyghur: تىيۇلىن (tiyulin) — pinniped
  • Uyghur: دېڭىزيىلپىزى (dë'ngizyilpizi) — pinniped
  • Venetan: foca — pinniped
  • Vietnamese: hải cẩu — pinniped
  • Volapük: fuk — pinniped
  • Volapük: meladog — pinniped
  • Volapük: rob — pinniped
  • Võro: hülge — pinniped
  • Votic: ülle — pinniped
  • Welsh: morlo — pinniped
  • Welsh: moelrhon — pinniped
  • Welsh: broch môr — pinniped
  • Zulu: umnyama — pinniped
  • Albanian: vulë — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Arabic: خَتْم (ḵatm) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Armenian: կնիք (knikʻ) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Avar: мугьру (muhru) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Azerbaijani: möhür — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Belarusian: пяча́ць (pjačácʹ) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Belarusian: пяча́тка (pjačátka) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Bhojpuri: मोहर (mōhar) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Bulgarian: печа́т (pečát) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Burmese: တံဆိပ်တုံး (tamhciptum:) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印章 (yìnzhāng) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圖章 /图章 (túzhāng) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Czech: pečeť — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Danish: segl — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Dutch: zegel — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Esperanto: sigelo — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Estonian: pitser — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Estonian: pitsat — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Finnish: leimasin — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Finnish: sinetti — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • French: sceau — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • French: cachet — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Galician: selo — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • German: Stempel — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • German: Siegel — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Greek: βούλα (voúla) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Greek: σφραγίδα (sfragída) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Ancient Greek: σφραγίς (sphragís) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Hebrew: חוֹתָם (khotám) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Hindi: मोहर (mohar) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Hindi: मुद्रा (mudrā) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Hindi: छाप (chāp) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Hindi: छापा (chāpā) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Hungarian: pecsét — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Hungarian: pecsétnyomó — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Icelandic: innsigli — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Ingrian: pätsetti — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Japanese: 印章 (inshō) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Kazakh: мөр (mör) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Korean: 인장 (injang) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Northern Kurdish: mor — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Kyrgyz: мөөр (möör) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Kyrgyz: печать (pecat) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Latin: sigillum — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Latvian: zīmogs — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Lithuanian: antspaudas — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Macedonian: печат (pečat) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Malay: cap — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Manchu: ᡩᠣᡵᠣᠨ (doron) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Mongolian: тамга (tamga) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Nanai: дорон (doron) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: segl — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: segl — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Occitan: sagèl — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Pashto: مهر (mohr) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Iranian Persian: مُهْر (mohr) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Plautdietsch: Säajel — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Polish: pieczątka — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Polish: pieczęć — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Portuguese: selo — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Romanian: pecete — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Russian: печа́ть (pečátʹ) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Serbo-Croatian: пѐчат — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Serbo-Croatian: pèčat — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Slovak: pečať — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Slovak: pečiatka — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Slovene: pečat — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Spanish: sello — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Swedish: sigill — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Tajik: мӯҳр (mühr) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Tajik: муҳр (muhr) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Tatar: мөһер (möher) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Tausug: sap — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Thai: ลัญจกร (lan-jà-gɔɔn) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Turkish: mühür — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Ottoman Turkish: مهر (mühr, mühür) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Ottoman Turkish: خاتم (hatem) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Turkmen: möhür — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Ukrainian: печа́тка (pečátka) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Ukrainian: печа́ть (pečátʹ) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Urdu: مُہَر (muhar) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Uyghur: مۆھۈر (möhür) — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Uzbek: muhr — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Venetan: boło — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Vietnamese: con dấu — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Vietnamese: ấn — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Vietnamese: triện — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Vietnamese: ấn chương — stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance
  • Armenian: կնիք (knikʻ) — impression of such stamp
  • Belarusian: кляймо́ (kljajmó) — impression of such stamp
  • Bulgarian: клеймо́ (klejmó) — impression of such stamp
  • Finnish: leima — impression of such stamp
  • Finnish: sinetti — impression of such stamp
  • Galician: cuño — impression of such stamp
  • Galician: cruño — impression of such stamp
  • Ancient Greek: σφραγίς (sphragís) — impression of such stamp
  • Icelandic: innsigli — impression of such stamp
  • Occitan: sagèl — impression of such stamp
  • Russian: печа́ть (pečátʹ) — impression of such stamp
  • Russian: клеймо́ (klejmó) — impression of such stamp
  • Spanish: signáculo — impression of such stamp
  • Ottoman Turkish: مهر (mühr, mühür) — impression of such stamp
  • Ottoman Turkish: خاتم (hatem) — impression of such stamp
  • Ukrainian: клеймо́ (klejmó) — impression of such stamp
  • Uyghur: پېچەت (pëchet) — impression of such stamp
  • Arabic: خَتْم (ḵatm) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Armenian: կնիք (knikʻ) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Asturian: sellu — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Belarusian: пяча́ць (pjačácʹ) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Belarusian: пяча́тка (pjačátka) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Bulgarian: печа́т (pečát) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Catalan: segell — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印章 (yìnzhāng) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Czech: pečeť — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Dutch: zegel — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Esperanto: sigelo — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Finnish: vaakuna — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Finnish: tunnus — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • French: sceau — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Friulian: sugel — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Galician: selo — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Georgian: ბეჭედი (beč̣edi) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • German: Siegel — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • German: Petschaft — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Greek: σφραγίδα (sfragída) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Hungarian: pecsét — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Icelandic: innsigli — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Indonesian: lambang — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Italian: sigillo — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Italian: bollo — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Italian: timbro — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Japanese: 判 (han) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Japanese: 印章 (inshō) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Japanese: 璽 (ji) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Japanese: 封印 (fūin) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Korean: 도장 (dojang) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Latin: sigillum — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Norwegian Bokmål: segl — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: segl — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Occitan: sagèl — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Iranian Persian: مُهْر (mohr) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Plautdietsch: Säajel — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Polish: pieczęć — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Portuguese: selo — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Portuguese: timbre — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Portuguese: sinete — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Romanian: sigiliu — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Russian: печа́ть (pečátʹ) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Scottish Gaelic: seula — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Serbo-Croatian: пѐчат — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Serbo-Croatian: pèčat — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Slovene: pečat — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Spanish: sello — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Swedish: sigill — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Ottoman Turkish: مهر (mühr, mühür) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Ottoman Turkish: خاتم (hatem) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Ukrainian: печа́тка (pečátka) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Ukrainian: печа́ть (pečátʹ) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Uyghur: پېچەت (pëchet) — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Venetan: boło — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Venetan: tinbro — facsimile of an impression of such stamp
  • Finnish: leima — anything that secures or authenticates
  • Finnish: sinetti — anything that secures or authenticates
  • Hungarian: zárjegy — anything that secures or authenticates
  • Hungarian: biztosíték — anything that secures or authenticates
  • Hungarian: védőfólia — anything that secures or authenticates
  • Hungarian: biztonsági fólia — anything that secures or authenticates
  • Hungarian: adójegy — anything that secures or authenticates
  • Occitan: sagèl — anything that secures or authenticates
  • Polish: banderola — anything that secures or authenticates
  • Polish: plomba — anything that secures or authenticates
  • Venetan: boło — anything that secures or authenticates
  • Belarusian: пло́мба (plómba) — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Bulgarian: пло́мба (plómba) — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Czech: pečeť — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Dutch: zegel — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Dutch: verzegeling — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Finnish: sinetti — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Galician: precinto — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Galician: selo — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • German: Siegel — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Greek: σφραγίδα (sfragída) — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Hungarian: plomba — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Icelandic: innsigli — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Indonesian: segel — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Italian: sigillo — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Māori: hīra — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Occitan: sagèl — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Polish: plomba — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Polish: banderola — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Portuguese: selo de segurança — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Russian: печа́ть (pečátʹ) — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Russian: пло́мба (plómba) — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Slovak: pečať — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Slovene: pečat — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Spanish: precinto — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Spanish: sello — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Swedish: sigill — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Ukrainian: пло́мба (plómba) — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Venetan: boło — something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened
  • Finnish: hyväksyntä — confirmation
  • Occitan: sagèl — confirmation
  • Bulgarian: уплътня́ване (uplǎtnjávane) — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Bulgarian: изола́ция (izolácija) — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Finnish: tiiviste — something designed to prevent leaking
  • German: Dichtung — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Greek: σφράγισμα (sfrágisma) — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Hebrew: אטם (étem) — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Hebrew: ציפוי מסתם (tsipúy mesatém) — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Hebrew: אטימה (atimá) — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Hungarian: tömítés — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Hungarian: szigetelés — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Indonesian: tutup — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Italian: guarnizione — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forsegling — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Polish: uszczelka — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Portuguese: vedação — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Russian: уплотни́тель (uplotnítelʹ) — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Russian: са́льник (sálʹnik) — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Russian: прокла́дка (prokládka) — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Slovak: tesnenie — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Spanish: empaque — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Spanish: cierre — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Spanish: zapatilla — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Spanish: junta — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Spanish: empaquetadura — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Venetan: guarnision — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Vietnamese: cái bịt — something designed to prevent leaking
  • Bulgarian: затво́р (zatvór) — tight closure
  • Bulgarian: обтура́тор (obturátor) — tight closure
  • Dutch: sluiting — tight closure
  • Estonian: tihend — tight closure
  • Finnish: tiiviys — tight closure
  • French: joint — tight closure
  • German: Siegel — tight closure
  • German: Dichtung — tight closure
  • Greek: σφράγισμα (sfrágisma) — tight closure
  • Greek: στεγανοποίηση (steganopoíisi) — tight closure
  • Indonesian: segel — tight closure
  • Italian: sigillo — tight closure
  • Japanese: 封 (fū) — tight closure
  • Japanese: 封印 (fūin) — tight closure
  • Japanese: 封緘 (fūkan) — tight closure
  • Norwegian Bokmål: segl — tight closure
  • Polish: uszczelnienie — tight closure
  • Portuguese: vedação — tight closure
  • Russian: уплотне́ние (uplotnénije) — tight closure
  • Russian: герметиза́ция (germetizácija) — tight closure
  • Spanish: sello — tight closure
  • Spanish: sellador — tight closure
  • Swedish: sigill — tight closure
  • Venetan: boło — tight closure
  • Finnish: pyytää hylkeitä — to hunt seals
  • Hungarian: fókára vadászik — to hunt seals
  • Polish: polować na foki — to hunt seals
  • Armenian: կնքել (knkʻel) — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Asturian: sellar — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Bulgarian: подпечатвам (podpečatvam) — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Catalan: segellar — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Dutch: verzegelen — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Finnish: sinetöidä — to place a seal on (a document)
  • French: sceller — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Galician: selar — to place a seal on (a document)
  • German: versiegeln — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Greek: σφραγίζω (sfragízo) — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Ancient Greek: σφραγίζω (sphragízō) — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Hungarian: lepecsétel — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Hungarian: hitelesít — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Icelandic: innsigla — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Italian: sigillare — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Macedonian: запечатува (zapečatuva) — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Māori: hīra — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Occitan: sagelar — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Polish: przypieczętować — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Polish: banderolować — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Portuguese: selar — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Romanian: sigila — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Russian: запеча́тывать (zapečátyvatʹ) — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Slovak: pečatiť — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Slovak: opečatiť — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Slovene: zapečatiti — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Spanish: sellar — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Tagalog: tatakan — to place a seal on (a document)
  • Finnish: leimata — to mark with a stamp
  • Hungarian: lebélyegez — to mark with a stamp
  • Occitan: sagelar — to mark with a stamp
  • Polish: banderolować — to mark with a stamp
  • Armenian: կնքել (knkʻel) — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Bulgarian: пломбирам (plombiram) — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 密封 (mìfēng) — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Dutch: verzegelen — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Ewe: xe — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Finnish: sinetöidä — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Hungarian: lezár — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Hungarian: leplombál — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Icelandic: innsigla — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Italian: piombare — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Polish: zaplombować — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Polish: banderolować — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Portuguese: selar — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Russian: запеча́тывать (zapečátyvatʹ) — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Slovak: zapečatiť — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Slovene: zapečatiti — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Spanish: sellar — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Spanish: lacrar — to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 封锁 (fēngsuǒ) — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Ewe: xe — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Finnish: sulkea — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Hungarian: lezár — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Hungarian: határzárat rendel el — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Italian: sigillare — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Italian: chiudere — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Italian: recintare — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Italian: interdire — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Italian: isolare — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Portuguese: interditar — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Russian: закрыва́ть (zakryvátʹ) — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Slovak: uzavrieť — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Spanish: cerrar — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Spanish: acordonar — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Spanish: aislar — to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)
  • Bulgarian: запечатвам (zapečatvam) — to close securely
  • Finnish: tiivistää — to close securely
  • French: cacheter — to close securely
  • German: abdichten — to close securely
  • German: dichten — to close securely
  • German: versiegeln — to close securely
  • Hungarian: lezár — to close securely
  • Hungarian: bezár — to close securely
  • Hungarian: leszigetel — to close securely
  • Hungarian: szigetel — to close securely
  • Hungarian: tömít — to close securely
  • Hungarian: vízhatlanná tesz — to close securely
  • Hungarian: elzár — to close securely
  • Hungarian: leplombál — to close securely
  • Hungarian: beragaszt — to close securely
  • Italian: chiudere ermeticamente — to close securely
  • Portuguese: vedar — to close securely
  • Russian: запеча́тывать (zapečátyvatʹ) — to close securely
  • Slovene: zatesniti — to close securely
  • Spanish: sellar — to close securely
  • Spanish: hermetizar — to close securely
  • Spanish: precintar — to close securely
  • Bulgarian: запечатвам (zapečatvam) — to place in a sealed container
  • Dutch: verzegelen — to place in a sealed container
  • Finnish: sinetöidä — to place in a sealed container
  • Finnish: sulkea — to place in a sealed container
  • Russian: запеча́тывать (zapečátyvatʹ) — to place in a sealed container
  • Spanish: confinar — to place in a sealed container
  • Spanish: aislar — to place in a sealed container
  • Spanish: encerrar — to place in a sealed container
  • Finnish: sinetöidä — chess: to place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope
  • Finnish: sinetöidä — to guarantee
  • Hungarian: lezár — to guarantee
  • Hungarian: megpecsétel — to guarantee
  • Hungarian: szentesít — to guarantee
  • Hungarian: véglegesít — to guarantee
  • Hungarian: biztos arat (győzelmet) — to guarantee
  • Italian: suggellare — to guarantee
  • Italian: sancire — to guarantee
  • Slovak: spečatiť — to guarantee