seo

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Galician

Alternative forms

• sen (Northeastern Galician)
• seio (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sẽo, from Latin sinus. Cognate with Portuguese seio and Spanish seno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseo/ [ˈs̺e.ʊ]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: se‧o

Noun

seo m (plural seos)

1. (anatomy, also figuratively) bosom
2. (anatomy) breast

   Synonym: peito

3. (anatomy) sinus
4. (anatomy) womb
5. (geography) lowland

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “seo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Alternative forms

• so (Munster)
• seod, seobh (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish so.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔ/

Determiner

seo

1. this (used with the definite article)

   an abhainn seo ― this river

Related terms

• sin, siúd

Pronoun

seo

1. this

   Seo mo theach. ― This is my house.

Related terms

• sin, siúd

Adverb

seo

1. here (implies motion)

   Cuir é seo. ― Put it here.

   Seo isteach leat. ― In you come.

Derived terms

• seo duit

See also

• anseo

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Noun

sēo m

1. sea

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: sêe f or m
  • Dutch: zee f
    • Afrikaans: see
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: sei
    • Javindo: see
    • Negerhollands: see
    • → Saramaccan: zé
    • → Sranan Tongo: se
  • Limburgish: zieë f
  • West Flemish: zji m or f, zêe

Further reading

• “sēo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se͜oː/

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• sio, ðiu, ðio, ðyu, ðy — Northumbrian
• siu, sio, sie — Mercian
• sia, syo, þeo

Article

sēo f

1. nominative feminine singular of se: the

   sēo cwēn ― the queen

Determiner

sēo f

1. nominative feminine singular of sē: that (agreeing with feminine nouns)

Pronoun

sēo f

1. nominative feminine singular of sē: she, that one

Descendants

• Middle English: seo, si, se, zi

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sehwǭ (“pupil”). Akin to Old High German seha (“pupil”).

Noun

sēo f

1. pupil (of the eye)

Declension

Weak:

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, whence also Old Dutch and Old Saxon sēo, Old English sæ, Old Norse sær, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (saiws).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̠eːo/

Noun

sēo m

1. sea

Derived terms

• Wentilsēo (“the Mediterranean sea”, literally “the Vandal-sea”)
• sēfogal (“seabird”)
• sēolīdante (“sea-travellers; sailors”)

Descendants

• Middle High German: sē m (rarely f)
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: sea

    Mòcheno: sea

  • German: See m (“lake”), See f (“sea”) (latter in part from Low German)
  • Luxembourgish: Séi

References

1. Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'

Old Irish

Determiner

seo

1. Alternative form of so

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• sēu

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, whence also Old Dutch sēo, Old English sǣ, Old Frisian sē, Old High German sēo, Old Norse sær.

Noun

sēo m

1. sea

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: sê
  • German Low German: See, Sei
  • Plautdietsch: See

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish so. Cognates include Irish seo and Manx shoh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ/

Pronoun

seo

1. this

   Seo mo dhachaigh. ― This is my home.

Usage notes

• With the definite article, used as a determiner:

  an abhainn seo ― this river (literally, “the river this”)

Derived terms

Adverb

seo

1. Short for an seo (“there”).

   Cuir e seo. ― Put it here

See also

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “seo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 511

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan seu, from Latin sedes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseo/ [ˈse.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: se‧o

Noun

seo f (plural seos)

1. (Aragon, Catalonia) cathedral

Further reading

• “seo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɛw˧˧] ~ [sɛw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂɛw˧˧] ~ [sɛw˧˧]

Adjective

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Verb

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