seoir

French

Etymology

From Middle French seoir, from Old French seoir, from earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō, from Proto-Italic *sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swaʁ/
  • Homophone: soir
  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

seoir (defective)

  1. to be suitable for; to be proper for
  2. (law) to be situated
  3. (archaic) sit down (see also s'asseoir)

Conjugation

This is a defective verb, only conjugated in the third person.

  Conjugation of seoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive seoir —
gerund en séant or seyant —
present participle séant or seyant
/se.ɑ̃/ or /sɛ.jɑ̃/
past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present — — sied
/sje/		 — — siéent
/sje/
imperfect — — seyait
/sɛ.jɛ/		 — — seyaient
/sɛ.jɛ/
past historic1 — — — — — —
future — — siéra
/sje.ʁa/		 — — siéront
/sje.ʁɔ̃/
conditional — — siérait
/sje.ʁɛ/		 — — siéraient
/sje.ʁɛ/
compound
tenses		 present perfect —
pluperfect —
past anterior1 —
future perfect —
conditional perfect —
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present — — siée
/sje/		 — — siéent
/sje/
imperfect1 — — — — — —
compound
tenses		 past —
pluperfect1 —
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— — — — — —
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Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French seoir, from earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō.

Verb

seoir

  1. to be; to be situated
    • circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      Vous devés savoir que assés près de la ou ils estoient, siet la ville de Iuberot
      You should know that quite close to there where they were, is the city of Juberot
  2. (reflexive, se seoir) to sit down (be sitting)

Old French

Etymology

From an earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō.

Verb

seoir

  1. (transitive) to sit (make someone sit)
  2. (reflexive, se sedeir) to sit down

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem sié distinct from the unstressed stem se, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of seoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive seoir avoir sis
gerund en seant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle seant
past participle sis
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present sié siez siet seons seez siéent
imperfect seoie, seeie seoies, seeies seoit, seeit seïiens, seïens seïiez, seïez seoient, seeient
preterite sis seṣis sist seṣimes seṣistes sisdrent
future serrai serras serra serrons serroiz, serreiz, serrez serront
conditional serroie, serreie serroies, serreies serroit, serreit serriiens, serriens serriiez, serriez serroient, serreient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present siée, sië siées, siës siée, sië seons, seiiens, seions seez, seiiez siéent, siënt
imperfect seṣisse seṣisses seṣist seṣissons, seṣissiens seṣissoiz, seṣissez, seṣissiez seṣissent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— sié — seons seez —

Descendants

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