sélin
French, noun/se.lɛ̃/
sélin is spelled S-É-L-I-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sélin is a French feminine noun meaning “Selinum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de selin”.
What does sélin mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineSelinum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante de la famille des Apiacées, proche de la berle.
noun: 1. Variante de selin.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sélin
- sélins plural
- selins plural
- sélin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sélin?
- /se.lɛ̃/
- \sə.lɛ̃\
- \se.lɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sélin in French?
sélin appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).