selim
Portuguese, noun/seˈlĩ/
selim is spelled S-E-L-I-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “English saddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sela pequena e rasa (sem arções)”.
What does selim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineEnglish saddle
- 2
masculinesaddle (seat of a bicycle or motorcycle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sela pequena e rasa (sem arções) 2. assento de uma bicicleta ou motocicleta
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of selim
- selins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce selim?
- Brazil /seˈlĩ/
- Portugal /sɨˈlĩ/
- Portugal /sɨ.ˈlĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to selim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is selim in Portuguese?
selim appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).