selen

From English shilling.

selen

1. shilling
2. ten vatu
3. (by extension) coins, coinage

Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”). So called because of its chemical analogy to tellurium (from Latin tellus the earth).

selen

1. selenium

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Chemical element
Se
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• selenium

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛlɛn]

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• Hyphenation: se‧len

selen m inan

1. selenium

• “selen”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “selen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “selen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Chemical element
Se
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Next: brom (Br)

From Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē).

selen n (singular definite selenet, not used in plural form)

1. selenium

• “selen” in Den Danske Ordbog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

selen

1. definite singular of sele

Chemical element
Se
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Next: bróm (Br)

selen n (genitive singular selens, no plural)

1. selenium (chemical element)

From Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”).

selen n (definite singular selenet) (uncountable)

1. selenium (chemical element, symbol Se)

selen m

1. definite singular of sel
2. definite singular of sele

• “selen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• lenes, lense, nesle, -elsen

From Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”).

selen n (definite singular selenet) (uncountable)

1. selenium (chemical element, symbol Se)

selen m

1. definite singular of sel
2. definite singular of sele

• “selen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From English shilling. Compare Bislama selen.

selen

1. money

Chemical element
Se
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Next: brom (Br)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.lɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɛn
• Syllabification: se‧len

selen m inan

1. selenium

• selen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• selen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• sèlēnij, selenijum

sȅlēn m inan (Cyrillic spelling се̏ле̄н)

1. selenium

Chemical element
Se
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Next: bróm (Br)

• IPA^(key): /sɛléːn/

selẹ̑n m inan

1. selenium

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	selén
genitive	seléna
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	selén
genitive (rodȋlnik)	seléna
dative (dajȃlnik)	selénu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	selén
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	selénu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	selénom

• “selen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Chemical element
Se
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Next: brom (Br)

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈleːn/

• Audio:

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selen n

1. selenium

selen

1. definite singular of sele

• selen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• selen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• selen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• elens

Chemical element
Se
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Next: brom (Br)

Compare German Selen. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [se˧˧ lɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sej˧˧ lɛŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sej˧˧ lɛŋ˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: xê len

selen

1. selenium