# seta
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiːtə/

### Noun

seta (plural setas or setae or setæ)
* 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.
* (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

* microseta
* setation

#### Translations

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

### Anagrams

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

## Ainu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sèꜛtá/

### Noun

seta (Kana spelling セタ)
* dog

#### Synonyms

* reyep
* reep

## Asturian
### Noun

seta f (plural setes)
* mushroom

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛta]

### Participle

seta
* inflection of sít:
** feminine singular passive participle
** neuter plural passive participle

## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Verb

seta (third person singular past indicative setti, supine sett)
* 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
    (of the sun) to set; sólin setur - the sun is setting
    seta seg - to sit down

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish skädda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsetɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞t̪ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -etɑ
* Hyphenation: se‧ta

### Noun

seta (dated)
* (nautical) Synonym of lokilastu.

#### Usage notes

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

#### Declension

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

Borrowed from Latin saeta.

### Noun

seta f (plural setæ)
* seta

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* seeta

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛta/ [ˈs̺ɛ.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛta
* Hyphenation: se‧ta

### Noun

seta f (plural setas)
* arrow
    Synonym: frecha
** 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 caueçathat 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

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seeta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “seeta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé 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

## 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: /ˈseta/

### Noun

seta f (plural seti)
* silk

### References
## Icelandic
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

seta f (genitive singular setu, nominative plural setur)
* sitting (act of sitting)
* seat (membership on a committee)
* lid, seat (of a toilet)
* seat (of a chair)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* zeta

#### Noun

seta f (genitive singular setu, nominative plural setur)
* zeta (Greek letter)

##### Declension
## 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: /ˈse.ta/
* Rhymes: -eta
* Hyphenation: sé‧ta
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

seta f (plural sete)
* (textiles) silk
* (botany, zoology) bristle

#### Derived terms

* setaceo
* setaiola
* setaiolo
* setale
* seteria
* setoso

#### Related terms

* setola

### Further reading

* seta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* -aste, aste, tesa

## Javanese
### Adjective

seta
* Dated spelling of séta.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈseː.ta/, [ˈs̠eːt̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈse.ta/, [ˈsɛːt̪ä]

### Noun

sēta f (genitive sētae); first declension
* Alternative form of saeta ("bristle").

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### 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
* definite plural of sete

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

seta n
* definite plural of set
* definite plural of sete

### Noun

seta f
* definite singular of sete

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 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
* white

#### Descendants

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

### References

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

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛta
* Syllabification: se‧ta
* Homophone: Seta

### Etymology 1

Back-formation from setka.

#### Noun

seta f
* Augmentative of setka

##### Usage notes

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

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

seta m animal
* genitive singular of set

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese saeta, from Latin sagitta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: se‧ta

### Noun

seta f (plural setas)
* arrow
** weapon
** pointing symbol
* (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 Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “seta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “seta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “seta”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English set.

### Verb

a seta (third-person singular present setează, past participle setat) 1st conjugation
* (computing) to set, to configure

#### Conjugation
## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* sjȅta (Ijekavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sêta/
* Hyphenation: se‧ta

### Noun

sȅta f (Cyrillic spelling се̏та)
* sorrow, melancholy

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unknown.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

seta f (plural setas)
* mushroom (especially edible)
    Synonyms: (Chile) callampa, champiñón, hongo

#### Derived terms

* seta de pie azul

### Further reading

* “seta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛːta/

### Noun

seta n
* 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-ve · ex · y · seta · å · ä · ö

### Anagrams

* aset, etsa