seer

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishseere, equivalent tosee +‎-er(“agent suffix”).

Noun

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seer (pluralseers)

One whoforetells thefuture; aclairvoyant,prophet,soothsayer ordiviner.
- 1886,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad,Folk and Fairy Tales, page185:
  "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 aseer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him."
One who sees something; aneyewitness.
- 1924, Arthur Eustace Morgan,Tendencies of Modern English Drama, page140:
  As aseer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation.

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seeress

Translations

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someone who sees something; an eyewitness

Aghwan:𐔰𐕄𐔰𐔾(aḳal)
Albanian:faltore (sq)
Bulgarian:очевидец (bg) m(očevidec)
Dutch:ooggetuige (nl) m
French:témoin (fr) m
Galician:testemuña (gl) f
Georgian:მხედველი(mxedveli)
Italian:testimone (it) m or f
Latvian:aculiecinieks m
Macedonian:оче́видец m(očévidec)
Persian:بیننده (fa)(binande)
Polish:świadek (pl) m
Portuguese:testemunha (pt) f
Russian:очеви́дец (ru) m(očevídec),свиде́тель (ru) m(svidételʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:очевидац m
Roman:očevidac (sh)
Spanish:testigo (es) m or f

someone who foretells the future

Asturian:adivín (ast),vidente (ast)
Belarusian:празорлівец m(prazórlivjec),празарлівец m(prazarlivjec),празорлівіца f(prazórlivica),празарлівіца f(prazarlivica)
Bulgarian:пророк (bg) m(prorok),гадател (bg) m(gadatel)
Catalan:vident m or f,endeví m,endevinaire m,endevinador m
Czech:jasnovidec (cs),prorok (cs),věštec (cs) m
Dutch:ziener (nl),helderziende (nl) m
Finnish:näkijä (fi),tietäjä (fi)
French:voyant (fr) m,voyante (fr) f,devin (fr)
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 (it),indovino (it)
Latin:vātēs m or f,fatidica f
Latvian:pareģis,zīlētājs m
Lithuanian:pranašas,aiškiaregys
Macedonian:јасно́видец m(jasnóvidec),про́рок (mk) m(prórok),гле́дач m(glédač)
Maori:matakite,matatuhi
Ottoman Turkish:فالجی(falcı)
Persian:پیشگو (fa)(pišgu)
Polish:jasnowidz (pl),jasnowidzący m,jasnowidząca f
Portuguese:vidente (pt)
Russian:прорица́тель (ru) m(proricátelʹ),прови́дец (ru) m(provídec),прови́дица (ru) f(provídica)
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:прови́дець (uk) m(provýdecʹ),прови́диця (uk) f(provýdycja)
Volapük:(♂♀)visionan,(♂)hivisionan,(♀)jivisionan

Etymology 2

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Seesihr.

Noun

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seer (pluralseers)

Alternative form ofsihr

Anagrams

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

Alemannic German

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IPA^(key):/seːr/

Adverb

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seer

very
Hät miseer gfroit, Sii kännezlärne.
It wasvery nice to meet (polite) you.
(literally, “(It) gladdened mevery to get to know (polite) you.”)

Synonyms

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uu
mega(colloquial)

Danish

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Etymology

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Fromse(“to see”) +‎-er.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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seer c (singular definiteseeren,plural indefiniteseere)

viewer(someone who watches television)
seer(someone who foretells the future)

Inflection

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Declension ofseer
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	seer	seeren	seere	seerne
genitive	seers	seerens	seeres	seernes

Synonyms

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Dutchsēr, fromProto-West Germanic*sair.

Adjective

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sêer

Inflection

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Adjective
		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	indefinite	sêer	sêre	sêer	sêre
nominative	definite	sêre	sêre	sêre	sêre
accusative	indefinite	sêren	sêre	sêer	sêre
accusative	definite	sêren	sêre	sêre	sêre
genitive	indefinite	sêers	sêerre	sêers	sêerre
genitive	definite	sêers,sêren	sêerre	sêers,sêren	sêerre
dative		sêren	sêerre	sêren	sêren

Derived terms

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sêre

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Dutch:zeer

Etymology 2

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FromOld Dutchsēr, fromProto-West Germanic*sair.

Noun

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sêer n

pain,ache
sorrow,emotional pain

Inflection

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This noun needs aninflection-table template.

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Dutch:zeer

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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seer

Alternative form ofsere(“dry”)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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seer

Alternative form ofsere(“differing”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Fromse +‎-er.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈseːər/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-ər
Hyphenation:se‧er
Homophones:C-er,c-er

Noun

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seer m (definite singularseeren,indefinite pluralseere,definite pluralseerne)

(TV) aviewer
aseer,prophet

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“seer” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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FromLatinsedēre(“to sit”). As time passed, it merged withser(“to be”), from Latinsum(“to be”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/se.ˈeɾ/,[s̺e.ˈeɾ]

Verb

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seer

tobe
- a.1284,Alfonso X of Castile,Cantigas de Santa Maria,Códice de los músicos,cantiga 153 (facsimile):
  […]se m' a séla non seguir en que assentadasejo, e que sen falir me lév' i folgada[…]
  […]unless the chair upon which Iam seated goes with me and carries me there at my ease, without fail[…]
- a.1284,Alfonso X of Castile,Cantigas de Santa Maria,Códice de los músicos,cantiga 283 (facsimile):
  […]contra a que vencer foi ao démo per saberser homildosa[…]
  […]against her who defeated the devil bybeing humble[…]

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofseer, ser

gerund		compound		gerund ofhaver + past participle
infinitive				seer,ser
gerund		simple		seendo,sendo
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		siído,sido		—
		feminine		—		—
present participle				seente, *sente		seentes, *sentes
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	so,soo,son,sõo,são,san,sejo, *sêxo	és,sées,sés	é,éste,sée,sé	somos,samos,seemos,semos	sodes,sondes,seedes,sedes, *seendes,sendes	son,séen
	imperfect	era,seía,siía,sia,sedia	eras,seías,siías,sias, *sedias	era,seía,siía,sia,sedia	eramos,éramos, seïamos, seíamos,siïamos,siíamos, siamos, síamos, sediamos, sedíamos	erades,érades,seïades,seíades, siïades, siíades, siades, síades, sediades, sedíades	eran,seían,siían, sian, sedian
	preterite	foi,fui,fun,sive,seve	foste,fuste,fuiste,fusche, *sevéste,seviste	foi,fui,seve,seive	fomos,fumos, *sevémos	fostes,fustes, *sevéstes	foron,sevéron,seeron
	pluperfect	fora, *sevéra	foras, *sevéras	fora,sevéra	foramos,fôramos, severamos, sevéramos	forades,fôrades, severades, sevérades	foran,sevéran
	future	seerei,serei	seerás,serás	seerá,será	seeremos,seremos	seeredes,seredes	seerán,serán
	conditional	seeria,seria	seerias,serias	seeria,seria	seeriamos,seeríamos,seriamos,seríamos	seeriades,seeríades,seriades,seríades	seerian,serian
compound tenses	present perfect	present ofhaver + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect ofhaver + past participle
	past anterior	preterite ofhaver + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect ofhaver + past participle
	future perfect	future ofhaver + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional ofhaver + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	seja, sexa, seia,sea	sejas, sexas, seias,seas	seja,sexa, *seia,sea	sejamos, sexamos, seiamos,seamos	sejades, sexades, seiades,seades	sejan,sexan, *seian,sean
	imperfect	fosse,sevésse	fosses, *sevésses	fosse,sevésse	fossemos,fôssemos, sevessemos, sevéssemos	fossedes,fôssedes, sevessedes, sevéssedes	fossen,sevéssen
	future	for, *sevér	fores, *sevéres	for,sevér	formos, *sevérmos	fordes,sevérdes	foren, *sevéren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive ofhaver + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive ofhaver + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive ofhaver + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	see,sê,sei	seja,sexa, *seia,sea	sejamos, sexamos, seiamos,seamos	seede,sede	—
negative		—	non sejas, non sexas, non seias,non seas	non seja,non sexa, *non seia,non sea	non sejamos, non sexamos, non seiamos,non seamos	non sejades, non sexades, non seiades,non seades	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
personal infinitive		seer,ser	seeres,seres	seer,ser	seermos,sermos	seerdes,serdes	seeren,seren

Descendants

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Fala:sel
Galician:ser
Portuguese:ser

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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FromLatinsedēre(“to sit”). As time passed, it merged withser(“to be”), from Latinsum(“to be”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/seˈeɾ/

Verb

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seer

tobe
- between 1178-1250, Anonymous,Libro de Alexandre :
  Sisouieres quedadoserás sano ayna
  (normalized) Sisovieres quedado,serás sano aína
  Should yoube resting, you willbe sound rapidly
- between 1246-1252, Gonzalo de Berceo,The Miracles of Our Lady :
  (normalized) Plegó a Sant Fagunt, quemó una partida,fue cerca de la media de Carrïón ardida; por pocofuera toda Frómesta consumida
  It arrived at Sahagún, burned part of it, about half of Carrión de los Condeswas burned down, and all of Frómista almosthad been consumed
- 1250, Anonymous,Pre-Alphonsian Bible E6 Mark.13.22:
  e farã ſignos é marauillas pora engannar los eſcogidos ſiſeer puede
  (normalized) E farán signos e maravillas pora engañar los escogidos siseer puede
  And they shall make signs and wonders to trick the elect if it canbe (=if it's possible)
- between 1436-1439, Íñigo López de Mendoza y de la Vega (Marqués de Santillana),Serranilla VII :
  (normalized) [...] la ví tan graciosa, que apenas creyera quefuesse vaquera de la Finojosa
  [...] she appeared so beautiful in my view, that I could scarcely believe shewas just a cowgirl from La Finojosa
toremain/sit
- 9th century, Anonymous,Glosas Emilianenses :
  in domo tua manes (tusiedes)
  [in Latin] you sit/remain at home, [in Old Spanish, glossing Latin manēs‘you remain’] yousit/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 andwere sitting on their horses
- between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat),Cantar de mío Cid 3118:
  Sed en ũtro eſcaño com̃o Rey a ſeñor
  (normalized)Sed en vuestro escaño, como rey a señor
  Sit on your chair, as a king [overlooking] a lord

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Conjugation ofseer (irregular)

infinitive			compound		infinitive ofhaver + past participle
infinitive			simple		seer,ser,*seder,seyer
gerund			simple		sediendo,seyendo,siendo
gerund			compound		gerund ofhaver + past participle
past participle					singular		plural
			masculine		seído,sido,sesso		—
			feminine		—		—
present participle					sediente,sedient,seyente,seyent		sedientes,seyentes
person			singular			plural
person			first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood			yo	tú	él ella ello	nos nosotros nosotras	vos vosotros vosotras	ellos ellas
simple tenses	present		so,soy,*seyo,seo	eres,siedes,*siees,sies,sees	es,siede,siee,sie,see	somos,sedemos,seyemos,seemos	sodes,soes,*seyedes,seedes	son,sieden,sieen,sien,seen
	imperfect		era,sedía,sedié,seía,seyé	eras,sedías,sediés,seías,*seyés	era,sedía, sedié,sedí,seía,seyé,seí	éramos,sedíamos,sediémos,seíamos,seyémos	érades,sedíades,sediédes,seíades,*seyédes	eran,sedían,sedién,seían,seyén
	preterite		fúe,*fué,fúi,fuí,fu,fo,fi,sove	fueste,fuiste,fuste,foste,soviste,sovieste,sovistes,*soviestes	fúe,fué,fu,foi,fo,fi,sovo	fuemos,fuimos,fumos,fomos,fimos,*sovimos,soviemos	fuestes,fuistes,fustes,fostes,*sovistes,soviestes	fueron,furon,foron,sovieron
	pluperfect		fuera,*soviera	fueras,*sovieras	fuera,*soviera	fuéramos,*soviéramos	fuérades,*soviérades	fueran,sovieran
	future		seeré,seré	seerás,serás	seerá,será	seeremos,seremos	seeredes,*seerées,seredes,serées	seerán,serán
	conditional		seería,seerié,sería,serié	seerías,seeriés,serías,seriés	seería,seerié,*seerí,sería,serié,serí	seeríamos,seeriemos,seríamos,seriemos	seeríades,seeriedes,seríades,seriedes	seerían,seerién,serían,serién
compound tenses	present perfect		present ofhaver + past participle
	pluperfect		imperfect ofhaver + past participle
	past anterior		preterite ofhaver + past participle
	pluperfect anterior		simple pluperfect ofhaver + past participle
	future perfect		future ofhaver + past participle
	conditional perfect		conditional ofhaver + past participle
subjunctive mood			yo	tú	él ella ello	nos nosotros nosotras	vos vosotros vosotras	ellos ellas
simple tenses	present		seya,sea	seyas,seas	seya,sea	seyamos,seamos	seyades,*seyáes,seades,seáes	seyan,sean
	imperfect	(sse)	fuésse,fués,*soviesse,soviés	fuesses,*soviesses	fuésse,fués,soviesse,soviés	fuéssemos,*soviéssemos	fuéssedes,*soviéssedes	fuessen,soviessen
	imperfect	(ra)	fuera,*soviera	fueras,*sovieras	fuera,*soviera	fuéramos,*soviéramos	fuérades,*soviérades	fueran,sovieran
	future		fuere,fuer,fuero,soviere,sovier,*soviero	fueres,sovieres	fuere,fuer,soviere,sovier	fuéremos,fuermos,soviéremos,soviermos	fuéredes,fuerdes,soviéredes,sovierdes	fueren,sovieren
compound tenses	present perfect		present subjunctive ofhaver + past participle
	pluperfect	(sse)	imperfect subjunctive (sse) ofhaver + past participle
	pluperfect	(ra)	imperfect subjunctive (ra) ofhaver + past participle
	future perfect		future subjunctive ofhaver + past participle
imperative mood			—	tú	—	nos nosotros nosotras	vos vosotros vosotras	—
affirmative			—	see,se,séy	—	seyamos,seamos	seyed,seed,sed	—
negative			—	non/noseyas,non/noseas	—	non/no*seyamos,non/noseamos	non/noseyades,non /no*seyáes,non/noseades,non/noseáes	—

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Spanish:ser(in part)

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Danish

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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Noun

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Middle English

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