selfie
/ˈsɛlfi/
selfie noun: a photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.
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Noun
selfie (plural selfies)
- A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.
- take a selfie
- 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.2002 September 13, N. "Hopey" Hope, “re: Dissolvable stitches”, in ABC Online Forum, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2013
Verb
selfie (third-person singular simple present selfies, present participle selfying, simple past and past participle selfied)
- To take a selfie.
selfie meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
selfie in Hindi
- selfie
- सेल्फ़ी selfī
selfie in Tamil
- செல்ஃபி
selfie in Marathi
- सेल्फी
selfie in Urdu
- سیلفی
More languagesFewer languages
- selfie in Bengali
- সেলফি
- selfie in Telugu
- సెల్ఫీ
- selfie in Malayalam
- സെൽഫി selphi
- selfie in Kannada
- ತನ್ನೀ, ತಂತಿಟ್ಟ, ಸ್ವಂತೀ
- selfie in Punjabi
- ਸੈਲਫੀ, ਸੈਲਫ਼ੀ
- selfie in Gujarati
- સેલ્ફી, સેલફી
- selfie in Odia
- ସେଲ୍ଫି, ସେଲଫି
- selfie in Assamese
- চেল্ফি selphi
- selfie in Nepali
- सेल्फी, सेलफी
- selfie in Arabic
- سِلْفِي silfī, سِيلْفِي silfi, sīlfī, صُورَة ذَاتِيَّة
- selfie in Malay
- swagambar, swafoto, berswafoto
- selfie in Indonesian
- swafoto, foto narsisis, berswafoto
- selfie in Persian
- سلفی selfi
- selfie in Thai
- เซลฟี seel-fîi
- selfie in Vietnamese
- tự sướng, ảnh tự sướng, hình tự sướng, ảnh tự chụp
Examples of selfie in a sentence
- That's not to imply that it's "wrong" for your arm or hand to show up in a selfie.2005, Jim Krause, Photo Idea Index, HOW Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 148:
- Don't take it the wrong way / I can never keep up / Sick of liking your selfies2018, “She Works Out Too Much”, in Little Dark Age, performed by MGMT:
Forms of selfie
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | selfies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | selfies |
| present participle | selfying |
| past participle | selfied |
| past | selfied |
Origin of selfie
From self + -ie. Attested since 2002, originally Australian English.
Words formed from selfie
Phrases with selfie
Words that rhyme with selfie
Questions about selfie
- What does selfie mean?
- Selfie means a photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.
- What is selfie in Hindi?
- Selfie in Hindi is सेल्फ़ी (selfī). See Selfie meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use selfie in a sentence?
- That's not to imply that it's "wrong" for your arm or hand to show up in a selfie.
- What part of speech is selfie?
- Selfie can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce selfie?
- Selfie is pronounced /ˈsɛlfi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of selfie?
- The plural of selfie is selfies.
Words near selfie in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: selfie (page history and authors); सेल्फ़ी (Hindi) (page history and authors); selfie (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); selfie (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); selfie (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); selfie (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); selfie (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); സെൽഫി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); selfie (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); selfie (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); selfie (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); selfie (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); selfie (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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