# selfie
## English
### Etymology

From self +‎ -ie. Attested since 2002, originally Australian English.

### Pronunciation

* (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɛlfi/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlfi

### Noun

selfie (plural selfies)
* (informal, mobile telephony) A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.
** 2002 September 13, N. "Hopey" Hope, "re: Dissolvable stitches" , ABC Online Forum selfie photo:
    Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I tripped ofer and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie.
** 2004 October 21, Brian McGuirk, "bmcguirk's photos." , Flickr:
    Pre. Nice rooftop selfie. […] No Hair. Another nice rooftop selfie.
** 2005, Jim Krause, Photo Idea Index, HOW Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 148:That's not to imply that it's "wrong" for your arm or hand to show up in a selfie.
** 2012 December 27, Andrew Prince, “The Mars Rover Takes A Selfie” , the picture show, National Public Radio
** 2013 December 13, Roberto Schmidt (guest), Brooke Gladstone (interviewer and editor), “The Photographer Behind ‘Selfie-Gate’”, On the Media, National Public Radio:
    Barack Obama was talking to David Cameron and with the Danish Prime Minister, and that’s when she actually reached into her purse and brought out a cell phone and stretched her arms and did a selfie with them.
** 2017, Lord Stag, “Say Cheese”, in Lily's Driftwood Bay:I shall take this photograph myself. This must be what they call a selfie.
    take a selfie

#### Usage notes

Usage is very varied, including photos of oneself that are not taken by oneself (not self-portraits), as in “Could you take a selfie of me?” (compare autobiography, which may be written by a ghostwriter), or not only of oneself, as in “This is a selfie of me and my sister.” Many terms for recently popular photo genres have been coined by analogy by suffixing -ie, as in shelfie, or by blending, as in nelfie. A self-portrait of multiple people is sometimes called an ussie, groupie, or selvesie.

#### Hypernyms

* self-portrait

#### Derived terms

* belfie
* braggie
* brelfie
* carfie
* chelfie
* delfie
* drelfie
* dronie
* felfie
* footsie
* grelfie
* groupie
* healthie
* helfie
* killfie
* legsie
* lelfie
* melfie
* nakie
* pelfie
* relfie
* selficide
* selfie camera
* selfie stick
* shelfie
* shoefie
* slofie
* stealthie
* twofie
* ussie
* vaxxie
* velfie
* wefie
* welfie
* youfie

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: سِلْفِي (silfī)
** → Gulf Arabic: سلفي (silfi, salfi)
* → Armenian: սելֆի (selfi)
* → Assamese: চেল্ফি (selphi)
* → Azerbaijani: selfi
* → Belarusian: сэ́лфі (sélfi)
* → Czech: selfíčko
* → Danish: selfie
* → Dutch: selfie
* → Finnish: selfie
* → French: selfie
* → Georgian: სელფი (selpi)
* → German: Selfie
* → Greek: σέλφι (sélfi)
* → Hebrew: סֶלְפִי (sélfi)
* → Hungarian: szelfi, selfie
* → Irish: féinín (calque)
* → Italian: selfie
* → Japanese: セルフィー (serufi)
* → Hebrew: סֶלְפִי (sélfi)
* → Korean: 셀피 (selpi)
* → Latvian: selfijs
* → Lithuanian: selfis
* → Norwegian Bokmål: selfie
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: selfie
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølvi (calque)
* → Papiamentu: selfie
* → Persian: سلفی (selfi)
* → Polish: selfie
* → Portuguese: selfie, sélfie
* → Romanian: selfie
* → Russian: се́лфи (sɛ́lfi)
* → Scottish Gaelic: fèineag (calque)
* → Serbo-Croatian: selfie
* → Slovak: selfie
* → Slovak: svojka (calque)
* → Spanish: selfie, selfi
* → Swedish: selfie
* → Thai: เซลฟี (seel-fîi)
* → Turkish: selfie, özçekim
* → Ukrainian: се́лфі (sélfi)

#### Translations
### Verb

selfie (third-person singular simple present selfies, present participle selfying, simple past and past participle selfied)
* (intransitive, informal, mobile telephony) To take a selfie.

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ What Makes a Selfie a Selfie?, Gretchen McCulloch, Slate, April 1 2014

### Further reading

* Selfie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Category:Selfies on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

### Anagrams

* e-files

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English selfie.

### Noun

selfie
* selfie

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English selfie.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

selfie m (plural selfies, diminutive selfietje n)
* selfie
    Synonym: otofoto

#### Derived terms

* stemfie
* zelfje

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English selfie

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈselfi/, [ˈs̠e̞lfi]
* Rhymes: -elfi

### Noun

selfie
* selfie

#### Declension

Possessive forms of selfie (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
selfieni
selfieni
accusative
nom.
selfieni
selfieni
gen.
selfieni
genitive
selfieni
selfieideni selfieitteni
partitive
selfietäni
selfieitäni
inessive
selfiessäni
selfieissäni
elative
selfiestäni
selfieistäni
illative
selfieeni
selfieihini
adessive
selfielläni
selfieilläni
ablative
selfieltäni
selfieiltäni
allative
selfielleni
selfieilleni
essive
selfienäni
selfieinäni
translative
selfiekseni
selfieikseni
abessive
selfiettäni
selfieittäni
instructive
comitative
—selfieineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
selfiesi
selfiesi
accusative
nom.
selfiesi
selfiesi
gen.
selfiesi
genitive
selfiesi
selfieidesi selfieittesi
partitive
selfietäsi
selfieitäsi
inessive
selfiessäsi
selfieissäsi
elative
selfiestäsi
selfieistäsi
illative
selfieesi
selfieihisi
adessive
selfielläsi
selfieilläsi
ablative
selfieltäsi
selfieiltäsi
allative
selfiellesi
selfieillesi
essive
selfienäsi
selfieinäsi
translative
selfieksesi
selfieiksesi
abessive
selfiettäsi
selfieittäsi
instructive
comitative
—selfieinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
selfiemme
selfiemme
accusative
nom.
selfiemme
selfiemme
gen.
selfiemme
genitive
selfiemme
selfieidemme selfieittemme
partitive
selfietämme
selfieitämme
inessive
selfiessämme
selfieissämme
elative
selfiestämme
selfieistämme
illative
selfieemme
selfieihimme
adessive
selfiellämme
selfieillämme
ablative
selfieltämme
selfieiltämme
allative
selfiellemme
selfieillemme
essive
selfienämme
selfieinämme
translative
selfieksemme
selfieiksemme
abessive
selfiettämme
selfieittämme
instructive
comitative
—selfieinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
selfienne
selfienne
accusative
nom.
selfienne
selfienne
gen.
selfienne
genitive
selfienne
selfieidenne selfieittenne
partitive
selfietänne
selfieitänne
inessive
selfiessänne
selfieissänne
elative
selfiestänne
selfieistänne
illative
selfieenne
selfieihinne
adessive
selfiellänne
selfieillänne
ablative
selfieltänne
selfieiltänne
allative
selfiellenne
selfieillenne
essive
selfienänne
selfieinänne
translative
selfieksenne
selfieiksenne
abessive
selfiettänne
selfieittänne
instructive
comitative
—selfieinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
selfiensä
selfiensä
accusative
nom.
selfiensä
selfiensä
gen.
selfiensä
genitive
selfiensä
selfieidensä selfieittensä
partitive
selfietään selfietänsä
selfieitään selfieitänsä
inessive
selfiessään selfiessänsä
selfieissään selfieissänsä
elative
selfiestään selfiestänsä
selfieistään selfieistänsä
illative
selfieensä
selfieihinsä
adessive
selfiellään selfiellänsä
selfieillään selfieillänsä
ablative
selfieltään selfieltänsä
selfieiltään selfieiltänsä
allative
selfielleen selfiellensä
selfieilleen selfieillensä
essive
selfienään selfienänsä
selfieinään selfieinänsä
translative
selfiekseen selfieksensä
selfieikseen selfieiksensä
abessive
selfiettään selfiettänsä
selfieittään selfieittänsä
instructive
comitative
—selfieineen selfieinensä :

#### Derived terms

* meitsie

#### See also

* teinipeili
* omakuva

### Further reading

* “selfie”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English selfie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛl.fi/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

selfie m or f (plural selfies)
* selfie
    Synonyms: autophoto, égoportrait

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English selfie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛl.fi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlfi
* Syllabification: sel‧fie

### Noun

selfie n (indeclinable)
* (informal, mobile telephony, photography) selfie
    Synonyms: selfiaczek, selfiak, selficzek, selfik, samojebka, samolubka, sweet focia

#### Derived terms

* selfiak
* selfik

#### Related terms

* selfiaczek
* selficzek

### Further reading

* selfie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* selfie in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English selfie.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛw.fi/ [ˈsɛʊ̯.fi]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɛl.fi/ [ˈsɛɫ.fi]

### Noun

selfie f or (Brazil, less common) m (plural selfies)
* (proscribed) selfie (photographic self-portrait)

### References

* ↑ “selfie”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “selfie”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English selfie.

#### Alternative forms

* selfi

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈselfi/ [ˈsel.fi]
* Rhymes: -elfi

#### Noun

selfie m or (less common) f (plural selfies)
* selfie
    Synonym: autofoto
** 2022, Bad Bunny (lyrics and music), “Tití Me Preguntó”, in Un Verano Sin Ti:Vamo' a tirarno' un selfie, say "cheese", eyLet’s take a selfie, say “cheese”, hey

##### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈselfje/ [ˈsel.fje]
* Rhymes: -elfje
* Syllabification: sel‧fie

#### Verb

selfie
* inflection of selfiar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative