sede

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sede"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

sede (plural sedes)

1. Obsolete spelling of seed.

See also

• sede vacante
• supersede

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “sede”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “sede”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• seed, EDES, dese, dees, Seed, Edes

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sitis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧de

Noun

sede f (plural sedes)

1. thirst

Derived terms

• sedientu

Friulian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēta, saeta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧de

Noun

sede f (plural sedis)

1. silk

Galician

Verb

sede

1. second-person plural imperative of ser

Interlingua

Verb

sede

1. present of seder
2. imperative of seder

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēdēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.de/, /ˈse.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛde, -ede
• Hyphenation: sè‧de, sé‧de

Noun

sede f (plural sedi)

1. venue
2. see (of a bishop)
3. branch (of an organization)
4. syllable
5. seat (of the body)

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈseː.dɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.de]

Noun

sēde

1. ablative singular of sēdēs

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.deː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.de]

Verb

sedē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sedeō

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sitis.

Noun

sede f (plural sedes)

1. thirst

References

• “sede”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch sido, from Proto-Germanic *siduz.

Noun

sēde m or f

1. habit, custom
2. behaviour, way in which one acts
3. nature, character

Inflection

Weak masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	sēde	sēden
accusative	sēde	sēden
genitive	sēden	sēden
dative	sēde	sēden

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	sēde	sēden
accusative	sēde	sēden
genitive	sēde, sēden	sēden
dative	sēde, sēden	sēden

Descendants

• Dutch: zede
  • Afrikaans: sede

Further reading

• “sede”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sede (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

sede

1. alternative form of seed (“seed”)

Etymology 2

Verb

sede

1. alternative form of seden

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse siða, from Proto-Germanic *sidōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²seː.də/
• Homophone: CD

Verb

sede (present tense sedar, past tense seda, past participle seda, passive infinitive sedast, present participle sedande, imperative sede/sed)

1. (transitive) to teach, civilize
2. (reflexive) to act well

Alternative forms

• seda, sida

Derived terms

• sede opp

Related terms

• sed

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse setit, supine of sitja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²seː.də/
• Homophone: CD

Verb

sede

1. supine of sidja
   • 1982, Einar Lea, Svein Inge Årrestad, Fjåge folk: Lått og løye frå Jæren, Oslo: Samlaget, page 14:

     De he vel sede der og lebja av same glaset som vanligt!

     I guess they have sat there and sipped from the same glas as usual!

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Norse sitr, 2nd and 3rd person present indicative singular of sitja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː.də/

Verb

sede

1. present tense of sidja
   • 1982, Einar Lea, Svein Inge Årrestad, Fjåge folk: Lått og løye frå Jæren, Oslo: Samlaget, page 42:

     ja, du veid eg sede så formann der!

     You know I am incumbent as board leader there!

References

• “sede” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑁂𑀤𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• सेदे (Devanagari script)
• সেদে (Bengali script)
• සෙදෙ (Sinhalese script)
• သေဒေ or သေၻေ (Burmese script)
• เสเท (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᨴᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສເທ (Lao script)
• សេទេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑄘𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

sede

1. inflection of seda (“sweat”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Papiamentu

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese sede and Spanish sed and Kabuverdianu sedi.

Noun

sede

1. thirst

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sede (“thirst”), from Latin sitis (“thirst”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, destruction, decrease”).

Alternative forms

• sêde (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɨ/ [ˈse.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɨ/ [ˈse.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɨ/

• Hyphenation: se‧de

Noun

sede f (plural sedes)

2. thirst (feeling the need to drink something)

   Não tenho sede.

   I am not thirsty.

   • 1975, Gilberto Gil, “Tenho Sede”, in Refazenda, Phonogram:

     Traga-me um copo d’água / Tenho sede

     Bring me a glass of water / I am thirsty

     (literally, “I have thirst”)

4. (figurative) thirst; craving (eager desire)

   Sede de vingança.

   Thirst for revenge.

Etymology 2

From Latin sēdēs (“seat”); related to the Latin verb sedeo (“to sit”). Doublet of sé.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.dɨ/ [ˈsɛ.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.dɨ/ [ˈsɛ.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.dɨ/

• Homophone: cede
• Hyphenation: se‧de

Noun

sede f (plural sedes)

2. headquarters; seat (a building, office or place that serves as the centre of an organisation’s administration)

   A sede da Comissão Europeia é em Bruxelas.

   The seat of the European Commission is in Brussels.

4. (ecclesiastical) see; diocese (domain under a bishop’s jurisdiction)

   Synonyms: sé, diocese

6. venue; host (a building or place where a given event is held)

   Londres foi a sede dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2012.

   London was the host 2012 Summer Olympics.

Derived terms

• sediar

Related terms

• presidir

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• sêde (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɨ/ [ˈse.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɨ/ [ˈse.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɨ/

• Hyphenation: se‧de

Verb

sede

1. second-person plural imperative of ser

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.dɨ/ [ˈsɛ.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.dɨ/ [ˈsɛ.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.dɨ/

• Hyphenation: se‧de

Verb

sede

1. inflection of sedar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “sede”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sede”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

sede (Cyrillic spelling седе)

1. inflection of sed:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

sede (Cyrillic spelling седе)

1. third-person plural present of sedeti

Verb

sede (Cyrillic spelling седе)

1. second/third-person singular aorist past of sesti

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsede/ [ˈse.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -ede
• Syllabification: se‧de
• Homophone: (Latin America) cede

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *sedēō

Latin sedeō

Proto-Indo-European *-ḗy

Proto-Italic *-ēi(s)

Latin -ēs

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Latin sēdēsbor.

Spanish sede

Borrowed from Latin sēdēs.

Noun

sede f (plural sedes)

1. seat, headquarters
2. (event) venue
3. (Christianity, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) see
4. (building) office

Derived terms

• Santa Sede
• sede apostólica

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sede

1. inflection of sedar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “sede”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025