seal Pronunciation: /siːl/Translate seal | into German | into Italian | into Spanish French translation of sealA. n 1 [Zool] phoque (m) 2 (stamp) sceau (m) 3 (on container) plomb (m); (on package, letter) cachet (m); (on door) scellés (mpl)B. vtr 1 cacheter [document] 2 fermer, cacheter [envelope] 3 fermer [qch] hermétiquement [jar, tin]; rendre [qch] étanche [window frame] 4 sceller [alliance, friendship] (with par) to seal sb's fate = décider du sort de qnPhrasal verbs seal off isoler [ward]; boucler [area, building]; barrer [street]seal in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of seal in the British & World English dictionary Definition of seal in the US English dictionary