"sel" meaning in French

See sel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɛl/ Audio: Fr-sel.ogg Forms: sels [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French sel, from Old French sel, from Latin salem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|sel|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French sel, {{inh+|fr|frm|sel}} Inherited from Middle French sel, {{inh|fr|fro|sel}} Old French sel, {{inh|fr|la|sal|salem}} Latin salem, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*seh₂l-}} Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l- Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} sel m (plural sels)
  1. table salt, i.e. sodium chloride (NaCl) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sel-fr-noun-dwd4WL19
  2. (chemistry) salt Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-sel-fr-noun-Y0ea1poJ Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (in the plural) smelling salts Tags: in-plural, masculine
    Sense id: en-sel-fr-noun-auo-W1uz Categories (other): Pages with 26 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 26 entries: 1 2 2 5 8 1 1 3 2 19 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 4 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 14 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 6 9 1 1 4 2 22 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 1 5 1 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 16 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 71 3
  4. (figurative) spice Tags: figuratively, masculine Categories (topical): Spices and herbs
    Sense id: en-sel-fr-noun-WOmJlV9L Disambiguation of Spices and herbs: 5 5 31 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cuillère à sel, fin comme du gros sel, fleur de sel, mettre son grain de sel, ne pas manquer de sel, pâte à sel, poivre et sel, ramener son grain de sel, sel de cuisine, sel de table Related terms: saler

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mettre son grain de sel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ne pas manquer de sel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pâte à sel"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
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    },
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        "(figurative) spice"
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    {
      "homophone": "celle"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "celles"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "selle"
    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "selles"
    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "fin comme du gros sel"
    },
    {
      "word": "fleur de sel"
    },
    {
      "word": "mettre son grain de sel"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne pas manquer de sel"
    },
    {
      "word": "pâte à sel"
    },
    {
      "word": "poivre et sel"
    },
    {
      "word": "ramener son grain de sel"
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    },
    {
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    },
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