seta

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English

Setae on the foreleg of a mayfly

Etymology

From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (“silk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːtə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Homophone: seater

Noun

seta (plural setas or setae or setæ)

1. A bristle or hair.
   • 1991, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volumes 31-32, page 83:

     The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae.

2. (botany) The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:

     The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches […]

Derived terms

• macroseta
• microseta
• neuroseta
• setal
• setation
• setiferous
• setigerous

Translations

bristle or hair

• Bulgarian: четина (bg) f (četina)
• Finnish: harjas (fi), karva (fi), suka (fi)
• Portuguese: cerda (pt) f
• Swedish: seta (sv)

stalk of a moss sporangium

• Catalan: seta (ca) f
• Finnish: sukanen
• Romanian: setă (ro) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} štětina (cs) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} pelillo (es) m

Anagrams

• AEST, ESTA, East, SEAT, Seat, TEAs, east, eats, etas, sate, saté, seat, tase, teas

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.tá/

Noun

seta (Kana spelling セタ)

1. (alienable, countable) A dog; Canis familiaris.

   Synonyms: reep, reyep

   Ku-ramu humi! Ku-kor seta k-ere wa k-oyra!

   Oh, no! I forgot to feed my dog!

2. (alienable, uncountable) Japanese hedge parsley, a type of white flowering plant from the same family as celery; Torilis japonica.

Usage notes

• In both meanings, due to a phonetic rule, the diminutive form made with the intransitive stative verb pon is always poyseta instead of pon seta.

Asturian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Ancient Greek σηπτή (sēptḗ, “poultice to cause the flesh to rot”), feminine of σηπτός (sēptós, “rotten”), from σήπω (sḗpō, “to make rotten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseta/ [ˈse.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: se‧ta

Noun

seta f (plural setes)

1. mushroom
2. honeycomb

   Synonyms: caxellu, fozón, (Patsuezu) enxeita

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “seta”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “seta”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛta]

Participle

seta

1. inflection of sít:
   1. feminine singular passive participle
   2. neuter plural passive participle

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse setja, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti. Causative of *sitjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseta/

Verb

seta (third person singular past indicative setti, supine sett)

1. to set, to put

   seta pengar inn á kontoina ― to deposit money

   seta ein prís ― to fix a price

   seta í gongd ― to start

   seta spor ― to leave a trace

   sólin setur ― the sun is setting

   seta seg ― to sit down

   seta í bás ― to pigeonhole

Conjugation

Conjugation of seta (group v-24-2)

infinitive	seta
supine	sett
	present	past
first singular	seti	setti
second singular	setur/ setir	setti
third singular	setur/ setir	setti
plural	seta	settu
participle (a5 (a39))1	setandi	settur
	imperative
singular	set!
plural	setið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish skädda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsetɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -etɑ
• Syllabification^(key): se‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): se‧ta

Noun

seta (dated)

1. (nautical) synonym of lokilastu

Usage notes

• In contemporary Finnish Seta refers to a Finnish association that works for LGBT rights.

Declension

Inflection of seta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		seta	setat
genitive		setan	setojen
partitive		setaa	setoja
illative		setaan	setoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		seta	setat
accusative	nom.	seta	setat
	gen.	setan
genitive		setan	setojen setain rare
partitive		setaa	setoja
inessive		setassa	setoissa
elative		setasta	setoista
illative		setaan	setoihin
adessive		setalla	setoilla
ablative		setalta	setoilta
allative		setalle	setoille
essive		setana	setoina
translative		setaksi	setoiksi
abessive		setatta	setoitta
instructive		—	setoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of seta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative setani setani accusative nom. setani setani gen. setani genitive setani setojeni setaini rare partitive setaani setojani inessive setassani setoissani elative setastani setoistani illative setaani setoihini adessive setallani setoillani ablative setaltani setoiltani allative setalleni setoilleni essive setanani setoinani translative setakseni setoikseni abessive setattani setoittani instructive — — comitative — setoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative setasi setasi accusative nom. setasi setasi gen. setasi genitive setasi setojesi setaisi rare partitive setaasi setojasi inessive setassasi setoissasi elative setastasi setoistasi illative setaasi setoihisi adessive setallasi setoillasi ablative setaltasi setoiltasi allative setallesi setoillesi essive setanasi setoinasi translative setaksesi setoiksesi abessive setattasi setoittasi instructive — — comitative — setoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative setamme setamme accusative nom. setamme setamme gen. setamme genitive setamme setojemme setaimme rare partitive setaamme setojamme inessive setassamme setoissamme elative setastamme setoistamme illative setaamme setoihimme adessive setallamme setoillamme ablative setaltamme setoiltamme allative setallemme setoillemme essive setanamme setoinamme translative setaksemme setoiksemme abessive setattamme setoittamme instructive — — comitative — setoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative setanne setanne accusative nom. setanne setanne gen. setanne genitive setanne setojenne setainne rare partitive setaanne setojanne inessive setassanne setoissanne elative setastanne setoistanne illative setaanne setoihinne adessive setallanne setoillanne ablative setaltanne setoiltanne allative setallenne setoillenne essive setananne setoinanne translative setaksenne setoiksenne abessive setattanne setoittanne instructive — — comitative — setoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative setansa setansa accusative nom. setansa setansa gen. setansa genitive setansa setojensa setainsa rare partitive setaansa setojaan setojansa inessive setassaan setassansa setoissaan setoissansa elative setastaan setastansa setoistaan setoistansa illative setaansa setoihinsa adessive setallaan setallansa setoillaan setoillansa ablative setaltaan setaltansa setoiltaan setoiltansa allative setalleen setallensa setoilleen setoillensa essive setanaan setanansa setoinaan setoinansa translative setakseen setaksensa setoikseen setoiksensa abessive setattaan setattansa setoittaan setoittansa instructive — — comitative — setoineen setoinensa

See also

• setalainen

Anagrams

• Seat, aste, tase

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin saeta.

Noun

seta f (plural setæ)

1. seta

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese saeta, seta, seeta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sagitta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛta/ [ˈs̺ɛ.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: se‧ta

Noun

seta f (plural setas)

1. arrow

   Synonyms: frecha, virote

   • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 337:

     que seyron do dito castello os ditos tres omens e aderençaran a él por lo matar, dentro na dita vyña, e hun deles le puxara hua seta por lo matar, e quando vyra a balesta armada, que fogira por la vyña e foron pus él por llo matar, et de feyto o mataran con a dita seeta, senón Deus que o quyso gardar, e como le remesaran a dita seta, que le remesaran hua pedra e que le deran con ela ena caueça

     that the aforementioned three men left the castle and came towards him for killing him, in that vineyard, and one of them took an arrow, and when he saw the crossbow armed he ran way, but they came after him for killing him, and actually they would have killed him with that arrow if not because God wanted to protect him, and as they threw that arrow, they also threw a stone which hit him in the head

Derived terms

• setada

References

• “seta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “seta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “seta”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Gallurese

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin sēta, monophthongized alternative form of saeta (“bristle, hair; (Late Latin) silk”), from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂-, *sh₂éyt-o/eh₂-, derived from the root *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseta/

Noun

seta f (plural seti)

1. silk

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛːta]

Etymology 1

Noun

seta f (genitive singular setu, nominative plural setur)

1. sitting (act of sitting)
2. seat (membership on a committee)
3. lid, seat (of a toilet)
4. seat (of a chair)

Declension

Declension of seta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	seta	setan	setur	seturnar
accusative	setu	setuna	setur	seturnar
dative	setu	setunni	setum	setunum
genitive	setu	setunnar	seta	setanna

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• zeta

Noun

seta f (genitive singular setu, nominative plural setur)

1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.
2. zeta (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of seta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	seta	setan	setur	seturnar
accusative	setu	setuna	setur	seturnar
dative	setu	setunni	setum	setunum
genitive	setu	setunnar	seta	setanna

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sēta, from saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese seda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: sé‧ta

Noun

seta f (plural sete)

1. (textiles) silk
2. (botany, zoology) bristle

Derived terms

• setaceo
• setaiola
• setaiolo
• setale
• seteria
• setoso

Related terms

• setola

Further reading

• “seta”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• -aste, aste, tesa

Javanese

Adjective

seta

1. dated spelling of séta

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sēta f (genitive sētae); first declension

1. alternative form of saeta (“bristle”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sēta	sētae
genitive	sētae	sētārum
dative	sētae	sētīs
accusative	sētam	sētās
ablative	sētā	sētīs
vocative	sēta	sētae

Related terms

• setula

References

• “seta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “seta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• setene

Noun

seta n

1. definite plural of sete

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

seta n

1. definite plural of set
2. definite plural of sete

Noun

seta f

1. definite singular of sete

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑁂𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• सेत (Devanagari script)
• সেত (Bengali script)
• සෙත (Sinhalese script)
• သေတ (Burmese script)
• เสต or เสตะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສຕ or ເສຕະ (Lao script)
• សេត (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta, “white”).

Adjective

seta

1. white

Descendants

• → Old Javanese: sita
  • Javanese: ꦱꦺꦠ (séta)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “seta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: se‧ta
• Homophone: Seta

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm

Proto-Balto-Slavic *śímtan

Proto-Slavic *sъto

Old Polish sto

Polish sto

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀder.

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Polish -ka

Polish -ka

Polish setkabf.

Polish seta

Back-formation from setka.

Noun

seta f

1. augmentative of setka

Usage notes

Typically refers to a 100 ml bottle or shot of vodka.

Declension

Declension of seta

	singular	plural
nominative	seta	sety
genitive	sety	set
dative	secie	setom
accusative	setę	sety
instrumental	setą	setami
locative	secie	setach
vocative	seto	sety

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

seta m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of set (“series of games”)
2. genitive/accusative singular of set (“card game Set”)

Further reading

• “seta”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “seta”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Two arrows

Front and side turn signals working

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin sagitta

Old Galician-Portuguese saeta

Portuguese seta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese saeta, from Latin sagitta (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.tɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
• Hyphenation: se‧ta

Noun

seta f (plural setas)

1. arrow
   1. weapon
   2. pointing symbol
2. (Brazil) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator

   Synonyms: (Portugal) pisca-pisca, (Portugal) pisca

Synonyms

• flecha

Further reading

• “seta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “seta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “seta”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “seta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “seta”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English set.

Verb

a seta (third-person singular present setează, past participle setat) 1st conjugation

1. (computing) to set, to configure

Conjugation

    conjugation of seta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a seta
gerund			setând
past participle			setat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	setez	setezi	setează	setăm	setați	setează
	imperfect	setam	setai	seta	setam	setați	setau
	simple perfect	setai	setași	setă	setarăm	setarăți	setară
	pluperfect	setasem	setaseși	setase	setaserăm	setaserăți	setaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să setez	să setezi	să seteze	să setăm	să setați	să seteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		setează			setați
	negative		nu seta			nu setați

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• sjȅta (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêta/
• Hyphenation: se‧ta

Noun

sȅta f (Cyrillic spelling се̏та)

1. sorrow, melancholy

Declension

Declension of seta

	singular	plural
nominative	sȅta	sete
genitive	sete	sȇtā
dative	seti	setama
accusative	setu	sete
vocative	seto	sete
locative	seti	setama
instrumental	setom	setama

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Ancient Greek σηπτή (sēptḗ, “poultice to cause the flesh to rot”), feminine of σηπτός (sēptós, “rotten”), from σήπω (sḗpō, “to make rotten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseta/ [ˈse.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: se‧ta
• Homophone: (Latin America) zeta

Noun

seta f (plural setas)

1. (Spain) mushroom

   Synonyms: (Latin America) hongo, champiñón, (Chile) callampa

Derived terms

• seta de pie azul

Further reading

• “seta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːta/

Noun

seta n

1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

See also

• Latin script letter names: bokstäver: a · be · se · de · e · eff · ge · hå · i · ji · kå · ell · emm · enn · o · pe · ku · ärr · ess · te · u · ve · dubbel-v · ex · y · seta · å · ä · ö ^[edit]

Anagrams

• aset, etsa