selfie

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See also: selfié and Selfie

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From self +‎ -ie. Attested since 2002, originally Australian English.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Astronaut taking a selfie during a spacewalk in 2012.

selfie (plural selfies)

  1. (informal, mobile telephony) A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.
    • 2002 September 13, N. "Hopey" Hope, "re: Dissolvable stitches" [1], ABC Online Forum selfie photo:
      Um, drunk at a mates[sic] 21st, I tripped ofer[sic] and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie.
    • 2004 October 21, Brian McGuirk, "bmcguirk's photos." [2], Flickr:
      Pre. Nice rooftop selfie. [] No Hair. Another nice rooftop selfie.
    • 2005, Jim Krause, Photo Idea Index, HOW Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 148:
      That's not to imply that it's "wrong" for your arm or hand to show up in a selfie.
    • 2012 December 27, Andrew Prince, “The Mars Rover Takes A Selfie[3], the picture show, National Public Radio
    • 2013 December 13, Roberto Schmidt (guest), Brooke Gladstone (interviewer and editor), “The Photographer Behind ‘Selfie-Gate’”, On the Media, National Public Radio:
      Barack Obama was talking to David Cameron and with the Danish Prime Minister, and that’s when she actually reached into her purse and brought out a cell phone and stretched her arms and did a selfie with them.
    • 2017, Lord Stag, “Say Cheese”, in Lily's Driftwood Bay:
      I shall take this photograph myself. This must be what they call a selfie.
    take a selfie

Usage notes[edit]

Usage is very varied, including photos of oneself that are not taken by oneself (not self-portraits), as in “Could you take a selfie of me?” (compare autobiography, which may be written by a ghostwriter), or not only of oneself, as in “This is a selfie of me and my sister.” Many terms for recently popular photo genres have been coined by analogy by suffixing -ie, as in shelfie, or by blending, as in nelfie.[1] A self-portrait of multiple people is sometimes called an ussie, groupie, or selvesie.

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Verb[edit]

selfie (third-person singular simple present selfies, present participle selfying, simple past and past participle selfied)

  1. (intransitive, informal, mobile telephony) To take a selfie.

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ What Makes a Selfie a Selfie?, Gretchen McCulloch, Slate, April 1 2014

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English selfie.

Noun[edit]

selfie

  1. selfie

Declension[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English selfie.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

selfie m (plural selfies, diminutive selfietje n)

  1. selfie
    Synonym: otofoto

Derived terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English selfie

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈselfi/, [ˈs̠e̞lfi]

Noun[edit]

selfie

  1. selfie

Declension[edit]

Inflection of selfie (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative selfie selfiet
genitive selfien selfieiden
selfieitten
partitive selfietä selfieitä
illative selfieen selfieihin
singular plural
nominative selfie selfiet
accusative nom. selfie selfiet
gen. selfien
genitive selfien selfieiden
selfieitten
partitive selfietä selfieitä
inessive selfiessä selfieissä
elative selfiestä selfieistä
illative selfieen selfieihin
adessive selfiellä selfieillä
ablative selfieltä selfieiltä
allative selfielle selfieille
essive selfienä selfieinä
translative selfieksi selfieiksi
abessive selfiettä selfieittä
instructive selfiein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of selfie (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative selfieni selfieni
accusative nom. selfieni selfieni
gen. selfieni
genitive selfieni selfieideni
selfieitteni
partitive selfietäni selfieitäni
inessive selfiessäni selfieissäni
elative selfiestäni selfieistäni
illative selfieeni selfieihini
adessive selfielläni selfieilläni
ablative selfieltäni selfieiltäni
allative selfielleni selfieilleni
essive selfienäni selfieinäni
translative selfiekseni selfieikseni
abessive selfiettäni selfieittäni
instructive
comitative selfieineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative selfiesi selfiesi
accusative nom. selfiesi selfiesi
gen. selfiesi
genitive selfiesi selfieidesi
selfieittesi
partitive selfietäsi selfieitäsi
inessive selfiessäsi selfieissäsi
elative selfiestäsi selfieistäsi
illative selfieesi selfieihisi
adessive selfielläsi selfieilläsi
ablative selfieltäsi selfieiltäsi
allative selfiellesi selfieillesi
essive selfienäsi selfieinäsi
translative selfieksesi selfieiksesi
abessive selfiettäsi selfieittäsi
instructive
comitative selfieinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative selfiemme selfiemme
accusative nom. selfiemme selfiemme
gen. selfiemme
genitive selfiemme selfieidemme
selfieittemme
partitive selfietämme selfieitämme
inessive selfiessämme selfieissämme
elative selfiestämme selfieistämme
illative selfieemme selfieihimme
adessive selfiellämme selfieillämme
ablative selfieltämme selfieiltämme
allative selfiellemme selfieillemme
essive selfienämme selfieinämme
translative selfieksemme selfieiksemme
abessive selfiettämme selfieittämme
instructive
comitative selfieinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative selfienne selfienne
accusative nom. selfienne selfienne
gen. selfienne
genitive selfienne selfieidenne
selfieittenne
partitive selfietänne selfieitänne
inessive selfiessänne selfieissänne
elative selfiestänne selfieistänne
illative selfieenne selfieihinne
adessive selfiellänne selfieillänne
ablative selfieltänne selfieiltänne
allative selfiellenne selfieillenne
essive selfienänne selfieinänne
translative selfieksenne selfieiksenne
abessive selfiettänne selfieittänne
instructive
comitative selfieinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative selfiensä selfiensä
accusative nom. selfiensä selfiensä
gen. selfiensä
genitive selfiensä selfieidensä
selfieittensä
partitive selfietään
selfietänsä
selfieitään
selfieitänsä
inessive selfiessään
selfiessänsä
selfieissään
selfieissänsä
elative selfiestään
selfiestänsä
selfieistään
selfieistänsä
illative selfieensä selfieihinsä
adessive selfiellään
selfiellänsä
selfieillään
selfieillänsä
ablative selfieltään
selfieltänsä
selfieiltään
selfieiltänsä
allative selfielleen
selfiellensä
selfieilleen
selfieillensä
essive selfienään
selfienänsä
selfieinään
selfieinänsä
translative selfiekseen
selfieksensä
selfieikseen
selfieiksensä
abessive selfiettään
selfiettänsä
selfieittään
selfieittänsä
instructive
comitative selfieineen
selfieinensä

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Further reading[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English selfie.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

selfie m or f (plural selfies)

  1. selfie
    Synonyms: autophoto, égoportrait

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English selfie.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

selfie n (indeclinable)

  1. (informal, mobile telephony, photography) selfie
    Synonyms: selfiaczek, selfiak, selficzek, selfik, samojebka, samolubka, sweet focia

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nouns

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nouns

Further reading[edit]

  • selfie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • selfie in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English selfie.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

selfie f or (Brazil, less common) m (plural selfies)

  1. (proscribed) selfie (photographic self-portrait)

References[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English selfie.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

selfie m or (less common) f (plural selfies)

  1. selfie
    Synonym: autofoto
Usage notes[edit]

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈselfje/ [ˈsel.fje]
  • Rhymes: -elfje
  • Syllabification: sel‧fie

Verb[edit]

selfie

  1. inflection of selfiar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative