English Online Dictionary. What means seen? What does seen mean?
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: sēn, IPA(key): /ˈsiːn/
- Homophone: scene
- Rhymes: -iːn
Etymology 1
Morphologically see + -n.
Verb
seen
- past participle of see
- (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past of see; saw.
- (Jamaica) To understand, to comprehend.
Antonyms
- unseen
Descendants
- → Persian: سین (sin)
Etymology 2
From Arabic سِين (sīn).
Noun
seen (plural seens)
- The letter س in the Arabic script.
Anagrams
- sene, Sene, snee, eens, esne, Nees
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagen.
Verb
seen
- (Issime) to say
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole 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)
- mushroom
- fungus
Declension
Finnish
Noun
seen
- genitive singular of see
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈseːn/, [ˈs̠eːn]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈseːn/, [ˈʃe̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -eːn
- Hyphenation: seen
Noun
seen
- Alternative form of seeni
Declension
Luxembourgish
Verb
seen
- second-person singular imperative of seenen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- sein, sien
- seon, son, suen (chiefly early and West)
- zi (Kent)
Etymology
From Old English sēon, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.
Pronunciation
- (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /søːn/
- IPA(key): /seːn/
Verb
seen
- to see
Usage notes
The conjugation of this verb is highly variable; the forms given below are only a representative selection.
Conjugation
Descendants
- English: see
- Scots: se, sie, see
- Yola: zee, zey, zie, ze, sau
References
- “sẹ̄n, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Scots
Verb
seen
- past participle of sei