seen

See also: sen, Seen, and -seen

English

Pronunciation
  • enPR: sēn, IPA(key): /siːn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːn
  • Homophone: scene

Etymology 1

Verb

seen

  1. past participle of see
  2. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past tense of see; saw.
    I seen it with my own eyes.
Antonyms

Etymology 2

From Arabic سِين‎ (sīn)

Noun

seen (plural seens)

  1. The letter س in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Verb

seen

  1. (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)

  1. mushroom
  2. 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

  1. Genitive singular form of see.

Ingrian

Noun

seen

  1. mushroom

Luxembourgish

Verb

seen

  1. 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

  1. 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

Verb

seen

  1. past participle of sei
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