seer

See also: SEER and şeer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪə(ɹ)/, /siːə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -iːə(ɹ)
• Homophones: cere, sear, sihr

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Etymology 1

see +‎ -er (“agent suffix”).

Noun

seer (plural seers)

1. One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 185:

     "But I must not forget to tell you that the lad was born on a Sunday, and had found a card with the four of clubs; therefore he was a seer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him."

2. One who sees something; an eyewitness.

Related terms

• seeress

Translations

someone who sees something; an eyewitness

• Dutch: ooggetuige (nl) m
• French: témoin (fr) m
• Galician: testemuña (gl) f
• Georgian: მხედველი (mxedveli)
• Latvian: aculiecinieks m
• Persian: بیننده‎ (fa) (binande)

• Portuguese: testemunha (pt) f
• Russian: очеви́дец (ru) m (očevídec), свиде́тель (ru) m (svidételʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: очевидац m

  Roman: očevidac (sh)

someone who foretells the future

• Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: vident m or f, endeví m, endevinaire m, endevinador m
• Czech: jasnovidec (cs), prorok (cs)
• Dutch: ziener (nl), helderziende (nl) m
• Finnish: näkijä (fi), tietäjä (fi)
• French: voyant (fr) m, voyante (fr) f
• Galician: vidente m or f, adiviño m, adiviña f
• Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველი (c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇veli)
• German: Seher (de) m, Seherin (de) f, Wahrsager (de) m, Wahrsagerin (de) f, Weissager m, Weissagerin f, Hellseher (de) m, Hellseherin (de) f, Visionär (de) m, Visionärin (de) f, Prophet (de) m, Prophetin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: μάντις m (mántis)

• Hindi: (rishi) ऋषि (hi) m (ŕṣi)
• Hungarian: látnok (hu)
• Irish: fáidh m

• Italian: veggente (it), chiaroveggente, indovino (it)
• Latin: vātēs m or f, fatidica f
• Latvian: pareģis, zīlētājs m
• Lithuanian: pranašas, aiškiaregys
• Persian: پیشگو‎ (fa) (pišgu)
• Polish: jasnowidz (pl)
• Portuguese: vidente (pt)
• Russian: прорица́тель (ru) m (proricátelʹ), прови́дец (ru) m (provídec)
• Scottish Gaelic: taibhsear m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: видовњак, пророк m, пророчица f, видјелац

  Roman: vidovnjak (sh), pròrok (sh) m, pròročica (sh) f, vidjelac (sh)

• Slovak: jasnovidec, prorok, veštec
• Spanish: vidente (es) m or f, adivino (es) m, adivina (es) f
• Swedish: siare (sv) c, sierska (sv) (only female)
• Tocharian B: rṣāke
• Turkish: falcı (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: (♂♀) visionan, (♂) hivisionan, (♀) jivisionan

Etymology 2

See sihr.

Noun

seer (plural seers)

1. Alternative form of sihr

Anagrams

• EERs, Erse, REEs, Rees, SERE, eres, rees, rese, sere

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Danish

Etymology

From se (“to see”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːər/, [ˈseːˀɐ]
• Rhymes: -eːˀɐ

Noun

seer c (singular definite seeren, plural indefinite seere)

1. viewer (someone who watches television)
2. seer (someone who foretells the future)

Inflection

Declension of seer

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	seer	seeren	seere	seerne
genitive	seers	seerens	seeres	seernes

Synonyms

• (viewer): fjernseer, kigger, kikker, tv-kigger, tv-kikker, tv-seer

Further reading

• seer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz.

Adjective

sêer

1. painful, sore
2. sick

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• sêre

Descendants

• Dutch: zeer

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-Germanic *sairą.

Noun

sêer n

1. pain, ache
2. sorrow, emotional pain

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zeer

Further reading

• “seer (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “seer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “seer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “seer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sēar.

Noun

seer

1. Alternative form of sere (“dry”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sér.

Adjective

seer

1. Alternative form of sere (“differing”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From se +‎ -er

Noun

seer m (definite singular seeren, indefinite plural seere, definite plural seerne)

1. (TV) a viewer
2. a seer, prophet

See also

• sjåar (Nynorsk)

References

• “seer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ser

Etymology

From Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.eɾ/

Verb

seer

1. to be
   • 13th century, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Quen vai contra Santa María con sobervia :

     [...] contra a que vencer foi ao démo per saber ser homildosa [...]

     [...] against her who defeated the devil by being humble [...]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of seer or ser (irregular)

Note: The verbs marked with an asterisk (*) were conjugated accordingly to the Old Portuguese conjugation system, given that there are no records of their usages.
infinitive			ser seer
gerund			sendo seendo
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		sido siido		*sidos *siidos
		feminine		sida *siida		*sidas *siidas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
	present	sõo soon son sõ são sejo san	és eres *sés sées	é éste sé sée	somos semos seemos	sodes sedes seedes *sendes	son san séen
	imperfect	era seia siia sia sedia	eras seias siias sias *sedias	era seia sia siia sedia	eramos *seiamos siiamos *siamos *sediamos	erades *seiades *siiades *siades *sediades	eran seian siian *sian *sedian
	preterite	fui foi sive sivi sevi	fuste fusti fuisti *fusche foste seviste *sevisti	foi fui foe seve seive	fomos *sevemos	fustes fostes *sevestes	foron severon seeron
	pluperfect	fora *severa	foras *severas	fora severa	foramos *severamos	forades *severades	foran *severan
	future	serei seerei	serás seerás	será seerá	seremos seeremos	seredes seeredes	serán seerán
	conditional	seria seeria	serias seeria	seria seeria	seriamos seeriamos	seriades seeriades	serian seerian
subjunctive		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
	present	seja sea	sejas seas	seja sea	sejamos seamos	sejades seades	sejan sean
	preterite	fosse sevesse	fosses *sevesses	fosse sevesse	fôssemos *sevêssemos	fôssedes *sevêssedes	fossen sevessen
	future	for *sever	fores *severes	for sever	formos *severmos	fordes *severdes	foren *severen
imperative		—	tu	vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	—
	affirmative	—	sei sé sée	seja *sea	sejamos *seamos	sede seede *sende	—
	negative	—	sejas *seas	seja *sea	sejamos *seamos	sejades seades	—
personal infinitive		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
		ser seer	seres seeres	ser seer	sermos seermos	serdes seerdes	seren seeren

Descendants

• Galician: ser
• Portuguese: ser

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō. As time passed, it merged with ser (“to be”), from Latin sum (“to be”).

Verb

seer

1. to sit
   • 9th century, Anonymous, Glosas Emilianenses :

     in domo tua manes (tu siedes)

     [in Latin] you sit/remain at home, [in Old Spanish, glossing Latin manēs ‘you remain’] you sit/remain

   • between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 1001:

     Las armas auien presas & sedien sobre los cauallos

     They had taken up arms and were sitting on their horses

   • between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 3118:

     Sed en ũtro escaño com̃o Rey a señor
     (modernized spelling) Sed (=Sé) en vuestro escaño, como rey a señor

     Sit on your chair, as a king [overlooking] a lord

   • 1250, Anonymous, Pre-Alphonsian Bible E6 Mark.13.22:

     e farã ſignos é marauillas pora engannar los eſcogidos ſi ſeer puede
     (modernized spelling) E farán (=harán) signos e maravillas pora (=para) engañar los escogidos si seer puede

     And they shall make signs and wonders to trick the elect if it can be (=if it's possible)