seen

See also: sen, Seen, and -seen

English

Pronunciation
  • enPR: sēn, IPA(key): /ˈsiːn/, (also) /ˈsɪn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːn
  • Homophone: scene

Etymology 1

Morphologically see +‎ -n.

Verb

seen

  1. past participle of see
  2. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past tense of see; saw.
    I seen it with my own eyes.
  3. (Jamaica) To understand, to comprehend.
    Everything irie, seen?
Antonyms

Etymology 2

From Arabic سِين‎ (sīn).

Noun

seen (plural seens)

  1. The letter س in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Etymology

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

Verb

seen

  1. (Issime) to say

References

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

seen (genitive seene, partitive seent)

  1. mushroom
  2. fungus

Declension
Inflection of seen (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative seen seened
accusative seene seened
genitive seene 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

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

Scots

Verb

seen

  1. past participle of sei
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