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selfie

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlfi/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛlfi
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 L F IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Qualifier: social media

Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, mobile-telephony, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telephony

Examples

  • take a selfie

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To take a selfie.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, intransitive

Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, mobile-telephony, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telephony

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From self + -ie. Attested since 2002, originally Australian English.

Across languages

Translations

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِلْفِي (silfī) — photographic self-portrait
  • Arabic: سِيلْفِي (silfi, sīlfī) — photographic self-portrait
  • Arabic: صُورَة ذَاتِيَّة — photographic self-portrait
  • Arabic: سلفي (silfi, salfi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Armenian: սելֆի (selfi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Assamese: চেল্ফি (selphi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Azerbaijani: selfi — photographic self-portrait
  • Azerbaijani: özçəkim — photographic self-portrait
  • Belarusian: сэ́лфі (sélfi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Bulgarian: се́лфи (sélfi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Catalan: autofoto — photographic self-portrait
  • Chinese Cantonese: 自拍 (zi6 paak3) — photographic self-portrait
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自拍 (zìpāi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Czech: selfíčko — photographic self-portrait
  • Danish: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Danish: selvportræt — photographic self-portrait
  • Dutch: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Esperanto: memfoto — photographic self-portrait
  • Finnish: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Finnish: omakuva — photographic self-portrait
  • Finnish: meitsie — photographic self-portrait
  • French: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • French: égoportrait — photographic self-portrait
  • French: autophoto — photographic self-portrait
  • Galician: autofoto — photographic self-portrait
  • Georgian: სელფი (selpi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Georgian: თვითფოტო (tvitpoṭo) — photographic self-portrait
  • German: Selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Greek: σέλφι (sélfi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Greek: αυτοφωτογράφιση (aftofotográfisi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Greek: αυτοφωτογραφία (aftofotografía) — photographic self-portrait
  • Hebrew: סֶלְפִי (sélfi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Hungarian: szelfi — photographic self-portrait
  • Hungarian: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Icelandic: sjálfsmynd — photographic self-portrait
  • Indonesian: swafoto — photographic self-portrait
  • Indonesian: foto narsisis — photographic self-portrait
  • Irish: féinphic — photographic self-portrait
  • Irish: féinín — photographic self-portrait
  • Italian: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Japanese: 自分撮り (jibundori) — photographic self-portrait
  • Japanese: 自撮り (jidori) — photographic self-portrait
  • Japanese: セルフィー (serufī) — photographic self-portrait
  • K'iche': selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Korean: 셀피 (selpi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Korean: 셀프카메라 (selpeukamera) — photographic self-portrait
  • Korean: 셀카 (selka) — photographic self-portrait
  • Latvian: fotopašportrets — photographic self-portrait
  • Latvian: pašfoto — photographic self-portrait
  • Latvian: pašbilde — photographic self-portrait
  • Latvian: selfijs — photographic self-portrait
  • Lithuanian: asmenukė — photographic self-portrait
  • Lithuanian: selfis — photographic self-portrait
  • Macedonian: самослик (samoslik) — photographic self-portrait
  • Malay: swagambar — photographic self-portrait
  • Malay: swafoto — photographic self-portrait
  • Malay: سوافوتو (suafutu) — photographic self-portrait
  • Māori: matatahi — photographic self-portrait
  • Māori: kiriāhua — photographic self-portrait
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølvi — photographic self-portrait
  • Papiamentu: slfer — photographic self-portrait
  • Papiamentu: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Persian: سلفی (selfi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Polish: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Portuguese: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Portuguese: sélfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Romanian: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Russian: се́лфи (sɛ́lfi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Russian: себя́шка (sebjáška) — photographic self-portrait
  • Scottish Gaelic: fèineag — photographic self-portrait
  • Serbo-Croatian: sebić — photographic self-portrait
  • Serbo-Croatian: samić — photographic self-portrait
  • Serbo-Croatian: samoslik — photographic self-portrait
  • Serbo-Croatian: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Slovak: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Slovak: svojka — photographic self-portrait
  • Spanish: autofoto — photographic self-portrait
  • Spanish: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Spanish: selfi — photographic self-portrait
  • Spanish: autofotografía — photographic self-portrait
  • Swedish: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Swedish: egobild — photographic self-portrait
  • Swedish: självis — photographic self-portrait
  • Thai: เซลฟี (seel-fîi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Turkish: selfie — photographic self-portrait
  • Turkish: özçekim — photographic self-portrait
  • Turkish: görçek — photographic self-portrait
  • Ukrainian: се́лфі (sélfi) — photographic self-portrait
  • Vietnamese: tự sướng — photographic self-portrait
  • Vietnamese: ảnh tự sướng — photographic self-portrait
  • Vietnamese: hình tự sướng — photographic self-portrait
  • Vietnamese: ảnh tự chụp — photographic self-portrait
  • Vietnamese: hình tự chụp — photographic self-portrait
  • Vietnamese: seo-phi — photographic self-portrait
  • Welsh: hunlun — photographic self-portrait
  • Arabic: خذا سلفي (ḵiḏa silfi) — to take a selfie
  • Arabic: صور سلفي (ṣawwar silfi) — to take a selfie
  • Georgian: სელფის იღებს (selpis iɣebs) — to take a selfie
  • Georgian: თვითფოტოს იღებს (tvitpoṭos iɣebs) — to take a selfie
  • Greek: βγάζω σέλφι (vgázo sélfi) — to take a selfie
  • Hebrew: עָשָׂה סֶלְפִי ('asá sélfi) — to take a selfie
  • Hungarian: szelfizik — to take a selfie
  • Indonesian: berswafoto — to take a selfie
  • K'iche': esaxik ib' jun wachb'al — to take a selfie
  • Malay: berswafoto — to take a selfie
  • Russian: делать селфи (délat' sélfi) — to take a selfie
  • Russian: селфиться (sélfitʹsja) — to take a selfie
  • Spanish: selfiar — to take a selfie
  • Spanish: autofotografiar — to take a selfie
  • Thai: เซลฟี (seel-fîi) — to take a selfie