settle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛ.təl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈsɛtəɫ]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈsɛtɫ̩]
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• General-American: sĕtʹəl
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• General-American: /ˈsɛtəl/
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• rhymes with -ɛtəl
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• CMU ARPABET: S EH1 T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old English setl (“sitting, residence”).

From Middle English settle, setle, setel, setil, seotel, from Old English setl (“that upon which one sits, a seat, a settle, a place to sit”), from Proto-Germanic *setlaz (“a seat; arm-chair”), representing Proto-Indo-European *sed-lo-, from *sed- (“sit”). Cognate with Dutch zetel, German Sessel, Latin sella.

From a merger of two verbs: * Middle English setlen, from Old English setlan (“to settle, seat, put to rest”), from Old English setl (“seat”) (compare Dutch zetelen (“to be established, settle”)) and * Middle English sahtlen, seihtlen (“to reconcile, calm, subside”), from Old English sahtlian, ġesehtlian (“to reconcile”), from Old English saht, seht (“settlement, agreement, reconciliation, peace”) (see saught, -le). German siedeln (“to settle”) is related to the former of the two verbs, but is not an immediate cognate of either of them.

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разрешавам (razrešavam) — to determine
• Finnish: ratkaista — to determine
• Irish: socraigh — to determine
• Japanese: 解決する (kaiketsu suru) — to determine
• Khmer: ដោះស្រាយ (dɑh sraay) — to determine
• Portuguese: resolver — to determine
• Scottish Gaelic: socraich — to determine
• Scottish Gaelic: rèitich — to determine
• Spanish: resolver — to determine
• Spanish: dirimir — to determine
• Spanish: zanjar — to determine
• Bulgarian: разрешавам (razrešavam) — to conclude as an argument
• Cebuano: husay — to conclude as an argument
• Finnish: sopia — to conclude as an argument
• French: régler — to conclude as an argument
• Higaonon: husay — to conclude as an argument
• Hungarian: rendez — to conclude as an argument
• Italian: risolvere — to conclude as an argument
• Japanese: 決着する (kecchaku suru) — to conclude as an argument
• Māori: whakatatū — to conclude as an argument
• Scottish Gaelic: rèitich — to conclude as an argument
• Spanish: solventar — to conclude as an argument
• Spanish: solver — to conclude as an argument
• Spanish: consentir — to conclude as an argument
• Spanish: ajustar — to conclude as an argument
• Spanish: dirimir — to conclude as an argument
• Spanish: resolver — to conclude as an argument
• Spanish: decidir — to conclude as an argument
• Bulgarian: разплащам се (razplaštam se) — to pay a bill
• Catalan: saldar — to pay a bill
• Catalan: liquidar — to pay a bill
• Catalan: pagar — to pay a bill
• Esperanto: saldi — to pay a bill
• Finnish: maksaa — to pay a bill
• Finnish: sovitella — to pay a bill
• French: solder — to pay a bill
• Ido: saldar — to pay a bill
• Ido: liquidacar — to pay a bill
• Ido: pagar — to pay a bill
• Italian: saldare — to pay a bill
• Māori: whakaea — to pay a bill
• Portuguese: saldar — to pay a bill
• Portuguese: liquidar — to pay a bill
• Portuguese: pagar — to pay a bill
• Spanish: saldar — to pay a bill
• Spanish: liquidar — to pay a bill
• Spanish: pagar — to pay a bill
• Spanish: solventar — to pay a bill
• Ottoman Turkish: اودهمك (ödemek) — to pay a bill
• Bulgarian: успокоявам (uspokojavam) — to calm
• Finnish: rauhoittua — to calm
• Māori: whakamāhaki — to calm
• Māori: whakamahuru — to calm
• Portuguese: apaziguar — to calm
• Scottish Gaelic: seatlaig — to calm
• Scottish Gaelic: stòl — to calm
• Bulgarian: стабилизирам (stabiliziram) — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Bulgarian: монтирам (montiram) — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Ngazidja Comorian: hwehantsi — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Finnish: asettaa — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• French: installer — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Irish: socraigh — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Japanese: 取り付ける (toritsukeru) — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Japanese: 据える (sueru) — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Khmer: ដំឡើង (dɑmlaəng) — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Māori: pūwhenua — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Māori: whakanoho — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Polish: usadawiać — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Polish: usadowić — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Spanish: asentar — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Spanish: sestar (desus.) — to place in a fixed or permanent condition
• Arabic: اِسْتَعْمَرَ (istaʕmara) — to fix one's dwelling
• Arabic: اِسْتَوْطَنَ (istawṭana) — to fix one's dwelling
• Arabic: اِسْتَقَرَّ (istaqarra) — to fix one's dwelling
• Azerbaijani: məskunlaşmaq — to fix one's dwelling
• Azerbaijani: məskun salmaq — to fix one's dwelling
• Azerbaijani: yerləşmək — to fix one's dwelling
• Azerbaijani: yurd salmaq — to fix one's dwelling
• Bulgarian: заселвам се (zaselvam se) — to fix one's dwelling
• Chinese Mandarin: 殖民 (zhímín) — to fix one's dwelling
• Chinese Mandarin: 定居 (dìngjū) — to fix one's dwelling
• Chinese Mandarin: 安家落戶 /安家落户 (ānjiāluòhù) — to fix one's dwelling
• Ngazidja Comorian: ukaantsi — to fix one's dwelling
• Czech: usadit se — to fix one's dwelling
• Dutch: vestigen — to fix one's dwelling
• Dutch: settelen — to fix one's dwelling
• Esperanto: enloĝiĝi — to fix one's dwelling
• Finnish: asuttaa — to fix one's dwelling
• French: s'installer — to fix one's dwelling
• French: ≈ in coloniser — to fix one's dwelling
• French: s'habituer — to fix one's dwelling
• German: siedeln — to fix one's dwelling
• Ancient Greek: οἰκίζω (oikízō) — to fix one's dwelling
• Hebrew: הִתְנַחֵל — to fix one's dwelling
• Hindi: बसना (basnā) — to fix one's dwelling
• Italian: stanziarsi — to fix one's dwelling
• Japanese: 居着く (itsuku) — to fix one's dwelling
• Japanese: 落ち着く (ochitsuku) — to fix one's dwelling
• Khmer: តាំងទីលំនៅ (tangtiilumnɨw) — to fix one's dwelling
• Latin: sedeo — to fix one's dwelling
• Māori: whakataiwhenua — to fix one's dwelling
• Māori: pūwhenua — to fix one's dwelling
• Māori: whakanohonoho — to fix one's dwelling
• Māori: whakanoho — to fix one's dwelling
• Norwegian Bokmål: bosette — to fix one's dwelling
• Polish: osiadać — to fix one's dwelling
• Polish: osiąść — to fix one's dwelling
• Polish: usadawiać się — to fix one's dwelling
• Polish: usadowić się — to fix one's dwelling
• Portuguese: assentar-se — to fix one's dwelling
• Russian: сели́ться (selítʹsja) — to fix one's dwelling
• Russian: заселя́ть (zaseljátʹ) — to fix one's dwelling
• Russian: колонизи́ровать (kolonizírovatʹ) — to fix one's dwelling
• Scottish Gaelic: tuinich — to fix one's dwelling
• Scottish Gaelic: àitich — to fix one's dwelling
• Slovak: usadiť sa — to fix one's dwelling
• Spanish: asentarse — to fix one's dwelling
• Spanish: establecerse — to fix one's dwelling
• Spanish: avecindarse — to fix one's dwelling
• Spanish: instalarse — to fix one's dwelling
• Spanish: domiciliarse — to fix one's dwelling
• Turkish: yerleşmek — to fix one's dwelling
• Ukrainian: сели́тися (selýtysja) — to fix one's dwelling
• Ukrainian: заселя́ти (zaseljáty) — to fix one's dwelling
• Azerbaijani: çökmək — to sink to the bottom
• Bulgarian: утаявам се (utajavam se) — to sink to the bottom
• Māori: tatū — to sink to the bottom
• Pohnpeian: sok — to sink to the bottom