Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sellotape
Participle: sellotaped
Gerund: sellotaping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sellotape |
| you | sellotape |
| he;she;it | sellotapes |
| we | sellotape |
| you | sellotape |
| they | sellotape |
Perfect
| I | have sellotaped |
| you | have sellotaped |
| he;she;it | has sellotaped |
| we | have sellotaped |
| you | have sellotaped |
| they | have sellotaped |
Past
| I | sellotaped |
| you | sellotaped |
| he;she;it | sellotaped |
| we | sellotaped |
| you | sellotaped |
| they | sellotaped |
Pluperfect
| I | had sellotaped |
| you | had sellotaped |
| he;she;it | had sellotaped |
| we | had sellotaped |
| you | had sellotaped |
| they | had sellotaped |
Future
| I | will sellotape |
| you | will sellotape |
| he;she;it | will sellotape |
| we | will sellotape |
| you | will sellotape |
| they | will sellotape |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sellotaped |
| you | will have sellotaped |
| he;she;it | will have sellotaped |
| we | will have sellotaped |
| you | will have sellotaped |
| they | will have sellotaped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sellotape |
| you | sellotape |
| he;she;it | sellotape |
| we | sellotape |
| you | sellotape |
| they | sellotape |
Perfect
| I | have sellotaped |
| you | have sellotaped |
| he;she;it | have sellotaped |
| we | have sellotaped |
| you | have sellotaped |
| they | have sellotaped |
Imperfect
| I | sellotaped |
| you | sellotaped |
| he;she;it | sellotaped |
| we | sellotaped |
| you | sellotaped |
| they | sellotaped |
Pluperfect
| I | had sellotaped |
| you | had sellotaped |
| he;she;it | had sellotaped |
| we | had sellotaped |
| you | had sellotaped |
| they | had sellotaped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sellotape |
| you | would sellotape |
| he;she;it | would sellotape |
| we | would sellotape |
| you | would sellotape |
| they | would sellotape |
Perfect
| I | would have sellotaped |
| you | would have sellotaped |
| he;she;it | would have sellotaped |
| we | would have sellotaped |
| you | would have sellotaped |
| they | would have sellotaped |
Imperative
| you | sellotape |
| we | Let's sellotape |
| you | sellotape |
Verbs conjugated like 'sellotape'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sellotape'
heliotype,
self-rape,
serotype,
allelotype,
allocate,
audiotape,
ballotte,
beclothe,
cellophane,
cellulate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der.
3. Latin cella
4. Proto-Indo-European *-lós
5. Proto-Indo-European *-elós
6. Proto-Italic *-elos
7. Latin -ula
8. Latin cellulabor.
9. French cellule
10. Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
11. Proto-Indo-European *-os
12. Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
13. Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?
14. Old Latin -ōssus
15. Latin -ōsuslbor.
16. French -ose
17. French cellulosebor.
18. English cellulose
19. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
20. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
21. Ancient Greek διά (diá)
22. Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
23. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
24. Proto-Indo-European *-né-
25. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
26. Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti
27. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
28. Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)
29. Ancient Greek δῐᾰφαίνω (dĭăphaínō)
30. Proto-Indo-European *-os
31. Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
32. Proto-Hellenic *-ēs
33. Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
34. Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs)
35. Ancient Greek δῐᾰφᾰνής (dĭăphănḗs)bor.
36. Medieval Latin diaphanus
37. Middle French diaphanebor.
38. English diaphane
39. blend
40. English cellophane
41. Old English tæppa
42. Middle English tape
43. English tape
44. blend
45. English Sellotape
46. English sellotape
47. Genericized trademark from Sellotape, a blend of cellophane + tape. The spelling with S- was to avoid an existing trademark on the word Cellophane itself.
Sample Sentences
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The door was slightly ajar, with a newspaper cartoon sellotaped to it: [2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 258:]