name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈsɛlə/
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US:/ˈsɛlɚ/
US:sĕl-ər
rhymes with -ɛlə(ɹ)
homophone: cellar
homophone: sellar
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
An English and Scottish topographic surname, derived from any of several places named Sell.
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
An English and Scottish occupational surname for a saddler, or for a person who sells things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
An English and Scottish metonymic surname for someone who worked in a cellar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Alisha was a seller of fine books.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Something which sells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Two of the books Alisha authored had become big sellers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
Obsolete spelling of cellar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English seller, sellere, (also siller, sullar, sullere), from Old English *sellere, *syllere, equivalent to sell + -er (agent noun) (sense 1) and sell + -er (patient) (sense 2). Cognate with Danish sælger, Swedish säljare, Icelandic seljari (“a seller; dealer”).
Alternative forms.
Across languages
Translations
157 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
shitës
— someone who sells
Albanian:
shitëse
— someone who sells
Southern Altai:
садучы
(sadučï)
— someone who sells
Arabic:
بَائِع
(bāʔiʕ)
— someone who sells
Arabic:
بَائِعَة
(bāʔiʕa)
— someone who sells
Armenian:
վաճառող
(vačaṙoġ)
— someone who sells
Azerbaijani:
satıcı
— someone who sells
Bashkir:
һатыусы
(hatıwsı)
— someone who sells
Belarusian:
прадаве́ц
(pradavjéc)
— someone who sells
Belarusian:
прадаўшчы́ца
(pradawščýca)
— someone who sells
Belarusian:
гандля́р
(handljár)
— someone who sells
Belarusian:
гандля́рка
(handljárka)
— someone who sells
Bengali:
বিক্রেতা
(bikreta)
— someone who sells
Bulgarian:
продава́ч
(prodaváč)
— someone who sells
Bulgarian:
продава́чка
(prodaváčka)
— someone who sells
Burmese:
ရောင်းသူ
(raung:su)
— someone who sells
Catalan:
venedor
— someone who sells
Chinese Mandarin:
賣方 /卖方
(màifāng)
— someone who sells
Chinese Mandarin:
賣主 /卖主
(màizhǔ)
— someone who sells
Czech:
prodavač
— someone who sells
Czech:
prodavačka
— someone who sells
Czech:
prodejce
— someone who sells
Czech:
prodejkyně
— someone who sells
Czech:
prodávající
— someone who sells
Danish:
sælger
— someone who sells
Danish:
sælgerinde
— someone who sells
Danish:
sælgerske
— someone who sells
Danish:
forsælger
— someone who sells
Danish:
forsælgerske
— someone who sells
Dutch:
verkoper
— someone who sells
Dutch:
verkoopster
— someone who sells
Esperanto:
vendisto
— someone who sells
Esperanto:
virvendisto
— someone who sells
Esperanto:
vendistiĉo
— someone who sells
Esperanto:
vendistino
— someone who sells
Estonian:
müüja
— someone who sells
Finnish:
myyjä
— someone who sells
Finnish:
kauppias
— someone who sells
French:
vendeur
— someone who sells
French:
vendeuse
— someone who sells
Friulian:
venditôr
— someone who sells
Georgian:
გამყიდველი
(gamq̇idveli)
— someone who sells
German:
Verkäufer
— someone who sells
German:
Verkäuferin
— someone who sells
Greek:
πωλητής
(politís)
— someone who sells
Greek:
πωλήτρια
(polítria)
— someone who sells
Ancient Greek:
πωλητής
(pōlētḗs)
— someone who sells
Ancient Greek:
πωλήτρια
(pōlḗtria)
— someone who sells
Ancient Greek:
-πώλης
(-pṓlēs)
— someone who sells
Greenlandic:
-erniaq
— someone who sells
Hebrew:
מוֹכֵר
(mokhér)
— someone who sells
Hebrew:
מוֹכֶרֶת
— someone who sells
Hindi:
बेचने वाला
(becne vālā)
— someone who sells
Hindi:
विक्रेता
(vikretā)
— someone who sells
Hungarian:
eladó
— someone who sells
Hungarian:
árus
— someone who sells
Ido:
vendisto
— someone who sells
Ido:
vendistulo
— someone who sells
Ido:
vendistino
— someone who sells
Indonesian:
penjual
— someone who sells
Ingrian:
mööjä
— someone who sells
Italian:
venditore
— someone who sells
Italian:
venditrice
— someone who sells
Japanese:
売り手
(urite)
— someone who sells
Japanese:
販売者
(hanbaisha)
— someone who sells
Kazakh:
сатушы
(satuşy)
— someone who sells
Khmer:
អ្នកលក់
(nĕək lŭək)
— someone who sells
Korean:
판매인
(panmaein)
— someone who sells
Korean:
파는 사람
(paneun saram)
— someone who sells
Northern Kurdish:
firoşkar
— someone who sells
Northern Kurdish:
firoşer
— someone who sells
Kyrgyz:
сатуучу
(satuucu)
— someone who sells
Lao:
ຜູ້ຂາຍ
(phū khāi)
— someone who sells
Latin:
vēnditor
— someone who sells
Latin:
vēnditrīx
— someone who sells
Latvian:
pārdevējs
— someone who sells
Latvian:
pārdevēja
— someone who sells
Lithuanian:
pardavėjas
— someone who sells
Lithuanian:
pardavėja
— someone who sells
Macedonian:
продавач
(prodavač)
— someone who sells
Macedonian:
продавачка
(prodavačka)
— someone who sells
Malay:
penjual
— someone who sells
Malayalam:
വ്യാപാരി
(vyāpāri)
— someone who sells
Malayalam:
വിൽപ്പനക്കാരൻ
(vilppanakkāraṉ)
— someone who sells
Marathi:
विक्रेता
(vikretā)
— someone who sells
Marathi:
विकणारा
(vikṇārā)
— someone who sells
Marathi:
विकणारी
(vikṇārī)
— someone who sells
Middle English:
sellere
— someone who sells
Mongolian:
худалдагч
(xudaldagč)
— someone who sells
Norman:
vendeux
— someone who sells
Norman:
vend'rêsse
— someone who sells
Norwegian Bokmål:
selger
— someone who sells
Norwegian Bokmål:
selgerinne
— someone who sells
Norwegian Bokmål:
forselger
— someone who sells
Norwegian Nynorsk:
seljar
— someone who sells
Norwegian Nynorsk:
seljarinne
— someone who sells
Norwegian Nynorsk:
forseljar
— someone who sells
Occitan:
vendeire
— someone who sells
Occitan:
vendeira
— someone who sells
Pashto:
بايع
(bāye')
— someone who sells
Pashto:
خرڅوونکی
(xarčawunkay)
— someone who sells
Pashto:
پرولونکی
(prolunkay)
— someone who sells
Iranian Persian:
فُروشَنْدِه
(forušande)
— someone who sells
Iranian Persian:
فُروخْتار
(foruxtâr)
— someone who sells
Iranian Persian:
بائِع
(bâ'e')
— someone who sells
Polish:
sprzedawca
— someone who sells
Polish:
sprzedawczyni
— someone who sells
Portuguese:
vendedor
— someone who sells
Portuguese:
vendedora
— someone who sells
Romanian:
vânzător
— someone who sells
Romanian:
vânzătoare
— someone who sells
Russian:
продаве́ц
(prodavéc)
— someone who sells
Russian:
продавщи́ца
(prodavščíca)
— someone who sells
Russian:
торго́вец
(torgóvec)
— someone who sells
Russian:
торго́вка
(torgóvka)
— someone who sells
Russian:
ве́ндор
(véndor)
— someone who sells
Russian:
ве́ндор
(vɛ́ndor)
— someone who sells
Serbo-Croatian:
прода̀ва̄ч
— someone who sells
Serbo-Croatian:
продава̀чица
— someone who sells
Serbo-Croatian:
prodàvāč
— someone who sells
Serbo-Croatian:
prodavàčica
— someone who sells
Slovak:
predavač
— someone who sells
Slovak:
predavačka
— someone who sells
Slovak:
predajca
— someone who sells
Slovene:
prodajalec
— someone who sells
Slovene:
prodajalka
— someone who sells
Spanish:
vendedor
— someone who sells
Spanish:
vendedora
— someone who sells
Swahili:
mwuzaji
— someone who sells
Swedish:
försäljare
— someone who sells
Swedish:
försäljerska
— someone who sells
Swedish:
säljare
— someone who sells
Swedish:
säljerska
— someone who sells
Tagalog:
tagapagbili
— someone who sells
Tajik:
фурӯшанда
(furüšanda)
— someone who sells
Tatar:
сатучы
(satuçı)
— someone who sells
Thai:
ผู้ขาย
(pûu-kǎai)
— someone who sells
Turkish:
satıcı
— someone who sells
Turkish:
bayi
— someone who sells
Ottoman Turkish:
بایع
(bayiʼ)
— someone who sells
Ottoman Turkish:
صاتیجی
(satıcı)
— someone who sells
Turkmen:
satyjy
— someone who sells
Ukrainian:
продаве́ць
(prodavécʹ)
— someone who sells
Ukrainian:
продавщи́ця
(prodavščýcja)
— someone who sells
Ukrainian:
торго́вець
(torhóvecʹ)
— someone who sells
Urdu:
بیچْنے والا
(becne vālā)
— someone who sells
Urdu:
بائِع
(bāi')
— someone who sells
Uyghur:
ساتقۇچى
(satquchi)
— someone who sells
Uzbek:
sotuvchi
— someone who sells
Vietnamese:
người bán
— someone who sells
Volapük:
selan
— someone who sells
Volapük:
hiselan
— someone who sells
Volapük:
jiselan
— someone who sells
Yiddish:
פֿאַרקויפֿער
(farkoyfer)
— someone who sells
Yiddish:
פֿאַרקויפֿערין
(farkoyferin)
— someone who sells
Polish:
produkt w sprzedaży
— something which sells