seen
See also: sen, Seen, and -seen
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: sēn, IPA(key): /siːn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
- Homophone: scene
Verb
seen
- past participle of see
- (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past tense of see; saw.
- I seen it with my own eyes.
Antonyms
- unseen
Etymology 2
From Arabic سِين (sīn)
Noun
seen (plural seens)
- The letter س in the Arabic script.
Anagrams
- Nees, eens, esne, sene, snee
Alemannic German
Verb
seen
- (Issime) to say
References
- “seen” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle 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)
- mushroom
- 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
- Genitive singular form of see.
Ingrian
Noun
seen
- mushroom
Luxembourgish
Verb
seen
- second-person singular imperative of seenen
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English sēon, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.
Pronunciation
- (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /søːn/
- IPA(key): /seːn/
Verb
seen
- to see
Conjugation
Conjugation of seen (strong class 5)
| infinitive | (to) seen | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | see | saw |
| 2nd person singular | seest | sawe(st) |
| 3rd person singular | seeþ | saw |
| plural | seeþ, seen | sawen |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| singular | see | sawe |
| plural | seen | sawen |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | see | |
| plural | seeþ, seen | |
| participle | present | past |
| seende, seinge | (y)seen | |
Descendants
- Scots: se, sie, see
- English: see
Scots
Verb
seen
- past participle of sei