sé

See also Appendix:Variations of "se"

Catalan

Verb

sé

1. First-person singular present indicative form of saber.

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Galician

Verb

sé

1. second-person singular imperative of ser

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Irish

Pronunciation

• Audio (GA)

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• IPA: [ʃeː]

Pronoun

sé (3d sing. masc. conjunctive)

1. he; (referring to a masculine noun) it

Related terms

• é (disjunctive)
• seisean (emphatic conjunctive)
• eisean (emphatic disjunctive)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish, from Proto-Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Scottish Gaelic sia, Manx shey.

Numeral

sé

1. six

Usage notes

Can be followed by either the singular or the plural form of the noun it modifies. Triggers lenition of a following singular noun. Prefixes h- to a following vowel-initial plural noun.

• sé chapall "six horses"
• sé huaire "six times"

Derived terms

• séú (ordinal)
• sé déag

Related terms

• seisear (used to modify nouns referring to human beings)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sé	shé after "an", tsé	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin sē.

Pronoun

sé

1. oneself, himself, herself

Derived terms

• se stesso

Usage notes

• Becomes se when in combination with verbs or other pronouns.
• Becomes si when part of a reflexive verb.

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Jèrriais

Etymology 1

From Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seik-.

Adjective

sé m (feminine sècque, masculine plural sés, feminine plural sècques)

1. dry

Etymology 2

From Old French seir, soir, from Latin sērō (“at a late hour, late”), from sērus (“late”).

Noun

sé m (plural sés)

1. evening

Etymology 3

From Latin sāl.

Noun

sé m (plural sés)

1. salt

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese see, from Latin sēdēs (“seat”), from sedeō (“I sit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɛ/
• Homophone: Sé

Noun

sé f (plural sés)

1. (Roman Catholicism) see (the cathedral and region under the jurisdiction of a bishop)

Derived terms

• Santa Sé
• Sé

See also

• cátedra
• bispo
• diocese

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Dialects with z/s distinction) IPA: [s̺e̞]
• (Dialects with z merged to s) IPA: [se̞]
• Rhymes: -e

Interjection

sé

1. (colloquial, Chile) yes

Verb

sé (infinitive saber)

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of saber.

   No sé. — “I do not know.”

Verb

sé (infinitive ser)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ser.

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch zee.

Noun

sé

1. sea

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Walloon

Noun

sé

1. salt