seen

See also: sen, Seen, and -seen

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: sēn, IPA^(key): /ˈsiːn/

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• Homophone: scene
• Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology 1

Morphologically see +‎ -n.

Verb

seen

1. past participle of see
2. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past of see; saw.

   I seen it with my own eyes.

   • 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 156:

     "Tut, tut, Sir Benjimen," said Bill, "stir up your memory, sir; cast your eye over them felons in the dock, and tell the Court how you seen them steal the bag."

3. (Jamaica) To understand, to comprehend.

   Everything irie, seen?

Antonyms

• unseen

Descendants

• → Persian: سین (sin)

Etymology 2

From Arabic سِين (sīn).

Noun

seen (plural seens)

1. The letter س in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

• Nees, eens, esne, sene, snee

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagen.

Verb

seen

1. (Issime) to say

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *seeni. Cognate of Finnish sieni and Latvian sēne.

Noun

seen (genitive seene, partitive seent)

1. mushroom
2. fungus

Declension

Declension of seen (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		seen	seened
accusative	nom.
	gen.	seene
genitive			seente
partitive		seent	seeni
illative		seende seenesse	seentesse seenisse
inessive		seenes	seentes seenis
elative		seenest	seentest seenist
allative		seenele	seentele seenile
adessive		seenel	seentel seenil
ablative		seenelt	seentelt seenilt
translative		seeneks	seenteks seeniks
terminative		seeneni	seenteni
essive		seenena	seentena
abessive		seeneta	seenteta
comitative		seenega	seentega

Finnish

Noun

seen

1. genitive singular of see

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈseːn/, [ˈs̠eːn]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈseːn/, [ˈʃe̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -eːn
• Hyphenation: seen

Noun

seen

1. Alternative form of seeni

Declension

Declension of seen (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	seen	seenet
genitive	seenen	seeniin, seenilöin
partitive	seentä, seent	seeniä, seenilöjä
illative	seenee	seenii, seenilöihe
inessive	seenees	seeniis, seenilöis
elative	seenest	seenist, seenilöist
allative	seenelle	seenille, seenilöille
adessive	seeneel	seeniil, seenilöil
ablative	seenelt	seenilt, seenilöilt
translative	seeneks	seeniks, seenilöiks
essive	seenennä, seeneen	seeninnä, seenilöinnä, seeniin, seenilöin
exessive1)	seenent	seenint, seenilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Luxembourgish

Verb

seen

1. second-person singular imperative of seenen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sein, sien
• seon, son, suen (chiefly early and West)
• zi (Kent)

Etymology

From Old English sēon, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.

Pronunciation

• (early) IPA^(key): /søːn/
• IPA^(key): /seːn/

Verb

seen

1. to see

Usage notes

The conjugation of this verb is highly variable; the forms given below are only a representative selection.

Conjugation

Conjugation of seen (strong class 5)

infinitive	(to) seen, see, sene
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	see	saugh, seigh, saw, sey
2nd-person singular	seest, sixt	sawe, seye, saugh, seigh, saw, sey
3rd-person singular	seeth, sikth	saugh, seigh, saw, sey
subjunctive singular	see	sawe1, seye1
imperative singular		—
plural2	seen, see	sawen, sawe, seyen, seye
imperative plural	seeth, see	—
participles	seynge, seende	(y)seen, (y)see, (y)seyn, (y)sey

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: see
• Scots: se, sie, see
• Yola: zee, zey, zie, ze, sau

References

• “sẹ̄n, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Scots

Verb

seen

1. past participle of sei