seer

See also: Appendix:Variations of "seer"

English

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seer

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English seere, equivalent to see +‎ -er (“agent suffix”).

Noun

seer (plural seers)

One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, 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."
One who sees something; an eyewitness.
- 1924, Arthur Eustace Morgan, Tendencies of Modern English Drama, page 140:
  As a seer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation.

Related terms

seeress

Translations

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
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

See sihr.

Noun

seer (plural seers)

Alternative form of sihr

Anagrams

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

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

sehr

Etymology

From Middle High German sēr, from Old High German sēr (“sored, injured”), from Proto-West Germanic *sair. Cognate with German sehr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seːr/

Adverb

seer

very
Hät mi seer gfroit, Sii kännezlärne.
It was very nice to meet (polite) you.
(literally, “(It) gladdened me very to get to know (polite) you.”)

Synonyms

uu
mega (colloquial)

Danish

Etymology

From se (“to see”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

seer c (singular definite seeren, plural indefinite seere)

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

Inflection

Declension of seer

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	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

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair.

Adjective

sêer

painful, sore
sick

Inflection

Adjective
		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

sêre

Descendants

Dutch: zeer

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair.

Noun

sêer n

pain, ache
sorrow, emotional pain

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Dutch: zeer

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

seer

Alternative form of sere (“dry”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

seer

Alternative form of sere (“differing”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From se +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

(TV) a viewer
a seer, prophet

References

“seer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sedēre (“to sit”). As time passed, it merged with ser (“to be”), from Latin sum (“to be”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /se.ˈeɾ/, [s̺e.ˈeɾ]

Verb

seer

to be
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 153 (facsimile):
  […] se m' a séla non seguir en que assentada sejo, e que sen falir me lév' i folgada […]
  […] unless the chair upon which I am seated goes with me and carries me there at my ease, without fail […]
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 283 (facsimile):
  […] contra a que vencer foi ao démo per saber ser homildosa […]
  […] against her who defeated the devil by being humble […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of seer (irregular)

infinitive		compound		infinitive of haver + past participle¹
infinitive		simple		seer, ser
gerund		simple		seendo, sendo
gerund		compound		gerund of haver + past participle¹
past participle¹				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 outras vos outros	eles elas
simple tenses	present	so, soo, son, sõo, são, san, sejo², *sêxo	és, sées, sés	é, éste, sée, sé	somos, samos, seemos, semos	sodes, sondes, seedes, sedes, 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, seéron
	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 tenses¹	present perfect	present of haver + past participle¹
	present imperfect	imperfect of haver + past participle¹
	past anterior	preterite of haver + past participle¹
	pluperfect	simple pluperfect of haver + past participle¹
	future perfect	future of haver + past participle¹
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver + past participle¹
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	seja², sexa, seia, sea	sejas², sexas, seias, seas	seja², sexa, *seia, sea	sejamos², sexamos, seiamos, seamos	sejades², sexades, seiades, seades	sejan², sexan, *seian, sean
	preterite	fosse, sevésse	fosses, *sevésses	fosse, sevésse	fôssemos, *sevéssemos	fôssedes, *sevéssedes	fossen, sevéssen
	future	for, *sevér	fores, *sevéres	for, sevér	formos, *sevérmos	fordes, sevérdes	foren, *sevéren
compound tenses¹	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver + past participle¹
	pluperfect	preterite subjunctive of haver + past participle¹
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver + past participle¹
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	see, sê, sei	seja², sexa, seia, *sea	sejamos², sexamos, seiamos, *seamos	seede, sede	—
negative		—	non sejas², non sexas, non seias, non *seas	non seja², non sexa, non seia, non *sea	non sejamos², non sexamos, non seiamos, non *seamos	non sejades², 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
¹ The past participle of the verb seer, which is only attested with the auxiliary verb haver or its alternative spelling, aver, is scarcely documented since around the 13th century and remained uncommon throughout the 15th century.
² The grapheme ⟨j⟩ can be represented by either phonemes, /dʒ/ and /Ʒ/. The former is more archaic.

Descendants

Fala: sel
Galician: ser
Portuguese: ser

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sedēre (“to sit”). As time passed, it merged with ser (“to be”), from Latin sum (“to be”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seˈeɾ/

Verb

seer

to be
- between 1178-1250, Anonymous, Libro de Alexandre :
  Si souieres quedado serás sano ayna
  (normalized) Si sovieres quedado, serás sano aína
  Should you be resting, you will be 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 poco fuera toda Frómesta consumida
  It arrived at Sahagún, burned part of it, about half of Carrión de los Condes was burned down, and all of Frómista almost had been consumed
- 1250, Anonymous, Pre-Alphonsian Bible E6 Mark.13.22:
  e farã ſignos é marauillas pora engannar los eſcogidos ſi ſeer puede
  (normalized) E farán signos e maravillas pora 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)
- between 1436-1439, Íñigo López de Mendoza y de la Vega (Marqués de Santillana), Serranilla VII :
  (normalized) [...] la ví tan graciosa, que apenas creyera que fuesse vaquera de la Finojosa ("fuesse" = "fuese")
  [...] she appeared so beautiful in my view, that I could scarcely believe she was just a cowgirl from La Finojosa
to remain/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
  (normalized) Sed en vuestro escaño, como rey a señor
  Sit on your chair, as a king [overlooking] a lord

Conjugation

Conjugation of seer (irregular)

infinitive			compound		infinitive of haver + past participle
infinitive			simple		*seder, seyer, seer, ser
gerund			simple		sediendo, seyendo, siendo
gerund			compound		gerund of haver + past participle
past participle					singular		plural
			masculine		seído, sido, sesso		—
			feminine		—		—
present participle					sediente, seyente		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, serié²	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 of haver + past participle
	present imperfect		imperfect of haver + past participle
	past anterior		preterite of haver + past participle
	pluperfect		simple pluperfect of haver + past participle
	future perfect		future of haver + past participle
	conditional perfect		conditional of haver + 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
	preterite	(sse)	fuésse, fués, *soviesse, soviés	fuesses, *soviesses	fuésse, fués, soviesse, soviés	fuéssemos, *soviéssemos	fuéssedes, *soviéssedes	fuessen, soviessen
	preterite	(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 of haver + past participle
	pluperfect	(sse)	preterite subjunctive (sse) of haver + past participle
	pluperfect	(ra)	preterite subjunctive (ra) of haver + past participle
	future perfect		future subjunctive of haver + past participle
imperative mood			—	tú	—	nos nosotros nosotras	vos vosotros vosotras	—
affirmative			—	see, se, séy	—	seyamos, seamos	seyed, seed, sed	—
negative			—	non/no seyas, non/no seas	—	non/no *seyamos, non/no seamos	non/no seyades, non/no *seyáes, non/no seades, non/no seáes	—

Descendants

Spanish: ser (in part)

seer

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Synonyms

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Synonyms

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

Adjective

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Adjective

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Descendants

Old Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Descendants

See also