selle
French, noun
selle is spelled S-E-L-L-E (5 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selle is a French feminine noun meaning “saddle (for riding)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, sellé is a different word: “past participle of seller”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tabouret, petit siège”.
What does selle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesaddle (for riding)
- 2
femininecommode (chair containing a chamber pot)
- 3
feminineexcrement (human or animal)
verb
- 1
past participle of seller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tabouret, petit siège. 2. Siège en cuir que l’on place sur le dos du cheval, d’une mule, etc. pour le monter. 3. Petit siège d’une bicyclette ou d’une motocyclette, inventée en 1861. 4. Selle turcique, cavité où loge l’hypophyse dans l’os du sphénoïde.
noun: 1. Cheval de selle. 2. Nom d’espèce de certaines races de chevaux.
adjective: 1. Se dit d’un cheval représenté avec une selle.
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 selle
- selles plural
- sellée feminine
- sellés masculine plural
- sellées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to selle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is selle in French?
selle appears 6.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).