# sele

> English word · Noun · IPA /siːl/ · frequency rank #96,462

## Definitions
1. Happiness, fortune.
2. The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment, season
3. Greeting, salutation.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sel (“fortune, bliss; a unit of time”), from Old English sǣl (“time, occasion, an opportune time, opportunity, happiness, prosperity, good times”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz. Related to silly.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sele