seer

See also: Appendix:Variations of "seer"

English

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seer

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈsiːə(ɹ)/

  • Audio (UK):

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• 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)

1. One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 185:

     "But I must not forget to tell you that the lad was born on a Sunday, and had found a card with the four of clubs; therefore he was a seer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him."

2. One who sees something; an eyewitness.
   • 1924, Arthur Eustace Morgan, Tendencies of Modern English Drama, page 140:

     As a seer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation.

Derived terms

• seeress

Translations

someone who sees something; an eyewitness

Aghwan: 𐔰𐕄𐔰𐔾 (aḳal) Albanian: faltore (sq) Bulgarian: очевидец (bg) m (očevidec) Dutch: ooggetuige (nl) m French: témoin (fr) m Galician: testemuña (gl) f Georgian: მხედველი (mxedveli) Italian: testimone (it) m or f Latvian: aculiecinieks m Macedonian: оче́видец m (očévidec) Persian: بیننده (fa) (binande) Polish: świadek (pl) m Portuguese: testemunha (pt) f Russian: очеви́дец (ru) m (očevídec), свиде́тель (ru) m (svidételʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: очевидац m Roman: očevidac (sh) Spanish: testigo (es) m or f

someone who foretells the future

Asturian: adivín (ast), vidente (ast) Belarusian: празорлівец m (prazórlivjec), празарлівец m (prazarlivjec), празорлівіца f (prazórlivica), празарлівіца f (prazarlivica) Bulgarian: пророк (bg) m (prorok), гадател (bg) m (gadatel) Catalan: vident m or f, endeví m, endevinaire m, endevinador m Czech: jasnovidec (cs), prorok (cs), věštec (cs) m Dutch: ziener (nl), helderziende (nl) m Finnish: näkijä (fi), tietäjä (fi) French: voyant (fr) m, voyante (fr) f, devin (fr) Galician: vidente m or f, adiviño m, adiviña f Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველი (c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇veli) German: Seher (de) m, Seherin (de) f, Wahrsager (de) m, Wahrsagerin (de) f, Weissager m, Weissagerin f, Hellseher (de) m, Hellseherin (de) f, Visionär (de) m, Visionärin (de) f, Prophet (de) m, Prophetin (de) f Greek: Ancient: μάντις m (mántis) Hindi: (rishi) ऋषि (hi) m (ŕṣi) Hungarian: látnok (hu) Irish: fáidh m Italian: veggente (it), chiaroveggente (it), indovino (it) Latin: vātēs m or f, fatidica f Latvian: pareģis, zīlētājs m Lithuanian: pranašas, aiškiaregys Macedonian: јасно́видец m (jasnóvidec), про́рок (mk) m (prórok), гле́дач m (glédač) Maori: matakite, matatuhi Ottoman Turkish: فالجی (falcı) Persian: پیشگو (fa) (pišgu) Polish: jasnowidz (pl), jasnowidzący m, jasnowidząca f Portuguese: vidente (pt) Russian: прорица́тель (ru) m (proricátelʹ), прови́дец (ru) m (provídec), прови́дица (ru) f (provídica) Scottish Gaelic: taibhsear m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: видовњак, пророк m, пророчица f, видјелац Roman: vidovnjak (sh), pròrok (sh) m, pròročica (sh) f, vidjelac (sh) Slovak: jasnovidec, prorok, veštec Spanish: vidente (es) m or f, adivino (es) m, adivina (es) f Swedish: siare (sv) c, sierska (sv) (only female) Tocharian B: rṣāke Turkish: falcı (tr) Ukrainian: прови́дець (uk) m (provýdecʹ), прови́диця (uk) f (provýdycja) Volapük: (♂♀) visionan, (♂) hivisionan, (♀) jivisionan

Etymology 2

See sihr.

Noun

seer (plural seers)

1. 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

1. very

   Hät mi seer gfroit, Sii kännezlärne.

   It was very nice to meet (polite) you.

   (literally, “(It) gladdened me very to get to know (polite) you.”)

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)

1. viewer (someone who watches television)
2. seer (someone who foretells the future)

Inflection

Declension of seer

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	seer	seeren	seere	seerne
genitive	seers	seerens	seeres	seernes

Synonyms

• (viewer): fjernseer, kigger, kikker, tv-kigger, tv-kikker, tv-seer

Further reading

• seer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair.

Adjective

sêer

1. painful, sore
2. sick

Inflection

Adjective

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	indefinite	sêer	sêre	sêer	sêre
	definite	sêre	sêre
accusative	indefinite	sêren	sêre	sêer	sêre
	definite	sêre
genitive	indefinite	sêers	sêerre	sêers	sêerre
	definite	sêers, sêren	sêers, sêren
dative		sêren	sêerre	sêren	sêren

Derived terms

• sêre

Descendants

• Dutch: zeer

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair.

Noun

sêer n

1. pain, ache
2. sorrow, emotional pain

Inflection

Strong neuter noun

	singular	plural
nominative	sêer	sêer, sêre
accusative	sêer	sêer, sêre
genitive	sêers	sêre
dative	sêre	sêren

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

1. alternative form of sere (“dry”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

seer

1. alternative form of sere (“differing”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From se +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseːər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ər
• Hyphenation: se‧er
• Homophones: C-er, c-er

Noun

seer m (definite singular seeren, indefinite plural seere, definite plural seerne)

1. (TV) a viewer
2. a seer, prophet

References

• “seer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.