seer

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈsiːə(ɹ)/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈsiːɐ/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -iːə(ɹ) Homophones: cere, sere, sear, sihr === Etymology 1 === From Middle English seere, equivalent to see +‎ -er (“agent suffix”). ==== Alternative forms ==== see-er (uncommon) seeër (rare) ==== Noun ==== seer (plural seers) One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner. One who sees something; an eyewitness. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See sihr. ==== Noun ==== seer (plural seers) Alternative form of sihr. === Anagrams === EERs, Erse, REEs, Rees, SERE, eres, rees, rese, sere == Alemannic German == === Alternative forms === sehr === Etymology === From Middle High German sēr, from Old High German sēr (“sored, injured”), from Proto-West Germanic *sair. Cognate with German sehr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seːr/ === Adverb === seer very ==== Synonyms ==== uu mega (colloquial) == Danish == === Etymology === From se (“to see”) +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seːər/, [ˈseːˀɐ] Rhymes: -eːˀɐ === Noun === seer c (singular definite seeren, plural indefinite seere) viewer (someone who watches television) (rare) seer (someone who foretells the future) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (viewer): fjernseer, kigger, kikker, tv-kigger, tv-kikker, tv-seer (seer): spåmand, profet, sandsiger, spåkone ==== Further reading ==== seer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da “seer” in Den Danske Ordbog == Middle Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair. ==== Adjective ==== sêer painful, sore sick ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== sêre ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: zeer === Etymology 2 === From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair. ==== Noun ==== sêer n pain, ache sorrow, emotional pain ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: zeer === Further reading === “seer (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 “seer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “seer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “seer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== seer alternative form of sere (“dry”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== seer alternative form of sere (“differing”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From se +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈseːər/ Rhymes: -ər Hyphenation: se‧er Homophones: C-er, c-er === Noun === seer m (definite singular seeren, indefinite plural seere, definite plural seerne) (TV) a viewer a seer, prophet === References === “seer” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /se.ˈeɾ/, [s̺e.ˈeɾ] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin sedēre (“to sit”). ==== Verb ==== seer to sit, to be seated to remain, to stay to be ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Latin sum (“to be”). As time passed, the infinitive form ser (“to be”), and some other conjugations, merged with seer (“to sit”). ==== Verb ==== seer to be to become (auxiliary) seer; forms the perfect aspect (compound tenses) [with masculine or feminine plural or singular past participle] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Fala: sel Galician: ser Portuguese: ser == Old Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seˈeɾ/ === Etymology 1 === From Latin sedēre (“to sit”). As time passed, it merged with ser (“to be”), from Latin sum (“to be”). ==== Verb ==== seer to sit, to be seated to remain, to stay to be ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Spanish: seer === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Latin sum (“to be”). As time passed, forms inherited from Latin sum merged paradigmatically with forms inherited from seer, producing a hybrid conjugation. ==== Verb ==== seer to be to become, to come to be (auxiliary) seer; forms the perfect aspect (compound tenses) [with masculine or feminine plural or singular past participle] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Spanish: ser ==== See also ==== eseyente == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seˈeɾ/ [seˈer] Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: se‧er === Verb === seer (first-person singular present seo, first-person singular preterite seí, past participle seído) (obsolete) to be seated, to sit obsolete form of ser ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “seer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025