seen
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: sēn, IPA(key): /siːn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
- Homophone: scene
Etymology 1
Verb
seen
- past participle of see
- (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past tense of see; saw.
- I seen it with my own eyes.
- I seen it a-comin' in the distance
Antonyms
Etymology 2
Noun
seen (plural seens)
- The letter س in the Arabic script.
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Verb
seen
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna: 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)
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 |
Ingrian
Noun
seen
Luxembourgish
Verb
seen
- second-person singular imperative of seenen
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English sēon, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.
Verb
seen
- to see
Conjugation
Conjugation of seen
| present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | see | seeþ, seen |
| 2nd person | seest | seeþ, seen |
| 3rd person | seeþ | seeþ, seen |
| subjunctive | see | seen |
| participle | present | past |
| seende, seinge | (y)seen | |
| simple past | singular | plural |
| 1st person | saw | sawen |
| 2nd person | sawe(st) | sawen |
| 3rd person | saw | sawen |
| subjunctive | sawe | sawen |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| see | seeþ, seen |
Descendants
Scots
Verb
seen
- past participle of sei
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