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seda.

silk (a type of fiber)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈse.dɐ/Brazil/ˈse.dɐ/Portugal[ˈse.ðɐ]Portugal/ˈse.dɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. silk (a type of fiber)

    feminine · uncountable
  2. a piece of silken cloth or silken clothes

    countable · feminine
  3. rolling paper for marijuana cigarettes

    Brazil · feminine · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese seda, from Latin saeta (“animal hair”), from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

verb/ˈsɛ.dɐ/Brazil/ˈsɛ.dɐ/Portugal[ˈsɛ.ðɐ]Portugal/ˈsɛ.dɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. inflection of sedar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of sedar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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