"selkie" meaning in English

See selkie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: selkies [plural]
Etymology: From Scots selkie fowk (“seal folk”). Etymology templates: {{borrowed|en|sco|selkie fowk||seal folk}} Scots selkie fowk (“seal folk”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} selkie (plural selkies)
  1. (Celtic mythology) A seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin. Wikipedia link: selkie Categories (topical): Celtic mythology, Mythological creatures, Shapeshifters Categories (lifeform): Phocid seals Synonyms: silkie Translations (mythological creature): 海豹人 (hǎibàorén) (Chinese Mandarin), 海豹精 (hǎibàojīng) (Chinese Mandarin), sælkvinde [common-gender] (Danish), kópakona [feminine] (Faroese), selkie [feminine, masculine] (French), phoque-garou [masculine] (French), Selkie (German), maighdean mhara [feminine] (Irish), banrón [masculine] (Irish), leanbh-rón [masculine] (Irish), セルキー (serukī) (Japanese), 셀키 (selki) (Korean), moidyn varrey [feminine] (Manx), шелки (šelki) (Russian), селки (selki) (Russian), selkie fowk [collective] (Scots), silkie man [masculine] (Scots), selkie-wife [feminine] (Scots), maighdeann-mhara [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), maighdeann-ròin [feminine, rare] (Scottish Gaelic)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sco",
        "3": "selkie fowk",
        "4": "",
        "5": "seal folk"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots selkie fowk (“seal folk”)",
      "name": "borrowed"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Scots selkie fowk (“seal folk”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "selkies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "selkie (plural selkies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Faroese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Manx translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Scots translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Celtic mythology",
          "orig": "en:Celtic mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Mythology",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "en:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [
            "Fantasy",
            "Mythology",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Culture",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Society",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Phocid seals",
          "orig": "en:Phocid seals",
          "parents": [
            "Pinnipeds",
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Shapeshifters",
          "orig": "en:Shapeshifters",
          "parents": [
            "Characters from folklore",
            "Mythological creatures",
            "Fictional characters",
            "Folklore",
            "Fantasy",
            "Mythology",
            "Fiction",
            "Culture",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Artistic works",
            "Society",
            "Genres",
            "Art",
            "All topics",
            "Entertainment",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin."
      ],
      "id": "en-selkie-en-noun-n2aRzklD",
      "links": [
        [
          "Celtic",
          "Celtic"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
        ],
        [
          "magically",
          "magically"
        ],
        [
          "transform",
          "transform"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Celtic mythology",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Celtic mythology) A seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "silkie"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hǎibàorén",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "word": "海豹人"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hǎibàojīng",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "word": "海豹精"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sælkvinde"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kópakona"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "selkie"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "phoque-garou"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "word": "Selkie"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "maighdean mhara"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banrón"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "leanbh-rón"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "serukī",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "word": "セルキー"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "selki",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "word": "셀키"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "moidyn varrey"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šelki",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "word": "шелки"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "selki",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "word": "селки"
        },
        {
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "collective"
          ],
          "word": "selkie fowk"
        },
        {
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "silkie man"
        },
        {
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "selkie-wife"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "maighdeann-mhara"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "mythological creature",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "maighdeann-ròin"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "selkie"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "selkie"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sco",
        "3": "selkie fowk",
        "4": "",
        "5": "seal folk"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots selkie fowk (“seal folk”)",
      "name": "borrowed"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Scots selkie fowk (“seal folk”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "selkies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "selkie (plural selkies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Scots",
        "English terms derived from Scots",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Manx translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scots translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "en:Celtic mythology",
        "en:Mythological creatures",
        "en:Phocid seals",
        "en:Shapeshifters"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Celtic",
          "Celtic"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
        ],
        [
          "magically",
          "magically"
        ],
        [
          "transform",
          "transform"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Celtic mythology",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Celtic mythology) A seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin."
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "selkie"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "silkie"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎibàorén",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "word": "海豹人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎibàojīng",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "word": "海豹精"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sælkvinde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kópakona"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "selkie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "phoque-garou"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "word": "Selkie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maighdean mhara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leanbh-rón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "serukī",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "word": "セルキー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "selki",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "word": "셀키"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moidyn varrey"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šelki",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "word": "шелки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "selki",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "word": "селки"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "collective"
      ],
      "word": "selkie fowk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "silkie man"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "selkie-wife"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maighdeann-mhara"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mythological creature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "maighdeann-ròin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "selkie"
}

Download raw JSONL data for selkie meaning in English (4.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.