seltskond

Estonian

Etymology

From selts + -kond.

Noun

seltskond (genitive seltskonna, partitive seltskonda)

  1. company (a specific social group of people)
    Meil oli eriti lõbus seltskond.
    We had a particularly joyful company.
  2. company (in an abstract sense)
    Naiste seltskonnas muutub ta hoopis teiseks meheks.
    In the company of women he turns into a completely other man.

Declension

Derived terms

  • seltskondlik

Further reading

  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), seltskond”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
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