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English
Etymology
From Middle English < Old English < Old Norse sala (“sale”)
Pronunciation
Noun
sale (plural sales)
- An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
- He celebrated after the sale of company.
- A particular opportunity for a sale.
- The sale of goods at reduced prices.
- They are having a clearance sale: 50% off.
- The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
Troponyms
- (selling of goods at reduced prices): cut-rate sale, sales event
- (act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder): auction, public sale
See also
- for sale
- on sale
- regular sales
- salesman
- sales pitch
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
- dirty
Derived terms
- insalissable
- sale comme un peigne
- salement
- saleté
- salir
- salissant
- salisson
- salissure
- saloperie
Related terms
Etymology 2
From saler
Verb
sale
- first-person singular present indicative of saler.
- third-person singular present indicative of saler.
- first-person singular present subjunctive of saler.
- first-person singular present subjunctive of saler.
- second-person singular imperative of saler.
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin sal (“salt”)
Noun
sale m. (plural sali)
Derived terms
Related terms
- salame
- salatino
- salina
- salato
- salatura
- salinità
- salmarino / sale marino
- salmastro
- salnitro
- salsedine
- salsiccia
- salume
Etymology 2
Noun
sale f.
- Plural form of sala.
Verb form
sale
- third-person singular indicative present tense of salire
Anagrams
Norwegian
Verb form
sale
Old French
Noun
sale f. (oblique plural sales, nominative singular sale, nominative plural sales)
- room (subsection of a building)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- […] que la soe amie Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
- - […] The his wife
- Is the most beautiful in the room
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Descendants
- French : salle
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsa.le/
Verb
sale (infinitive salir)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of salir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of salir.
Interjection
sale
- (Mexico) ok (sale is part of a former rhyme phrase, sale y vale, lit. "that gets out and worths")
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