seer

See also: SEER and şeer

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːɹ/, /siː.əɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -iːə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: sear, sihr

Etymology 1

see +‎ -er (“agent suffix”).

Noun

seer (plural seers)

  1. Agent noun of see; one who sees something; an eyewitness.
  2. Someone who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
Translations

Etymology 2

See sihr.

Noun

seer (plural seers)

  1. Alternative form of sihr

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From se (“to see”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

seer c (singular definite seeren, plural indefinite seere)

  1. viewer (someone who watches television)
  2. seer (someone who foretells the future)

Inflection

Synonyms

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

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz.

Adjective

sêer

  1. painful, sore
  2. sick
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-Germanic *sairą.

Noun

sêer n

  1. pain, ache
  2. sorrow, emotional pain
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “seer (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “seer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “seer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “seer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Noun

seer

  1. Alternative form of sere (“dry”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From se +‎ -er

Noun

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

  1. (TV) a viewer
  2. a seer, prophet

See also

References

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