"sella" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛl.la/ Forms: selle [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlla Etymology: From Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|sella}} Latin sella, {{inh|it|itc-pro|*sedlā}} Proto-Italic *sedlā, {{der|it|ine-pro|*sed-}} Proto-Indo-European *sed- Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} sella f (plural selle)
  1. saddle (horse, bicycle, motorcycle saddle) Tags: feminine Related terms: sellaio, sellare, sellatura, selleria, sellificio, sellino
    Sense id: en-sella-it-noun-3K4mqcNM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} sella
  1. inflection of sellare:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: sellare
    Sense id: en-sella-it-verb-54wXWJyc Categories (other): Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 2 10 11 8 6 0 10 1 0 0 4 0 9 7 7 10 2 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 3 79 18
  2. inflection of sellare:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: sellare
    Sense id: en-sella-it-verb-C8QC8DLc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        {
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        {
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        {
          "word": "sellino"
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      "word": "selleria"
    },
    {
      "word": "sellificio"
    },
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      "word": "sellino"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɛl.la/"
    },
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