English Explanatory Dictionary

said

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of say
adj
  1. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
det
  1. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
name
  1. A male given name from Arabic.
  2. A surname from Arabic.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Sayyid.

Pronunciation

sĕd /sɛd/ [sɛd̥] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-said.wav en-us-said.ogg sād /seɪd/ /saɪd/

Word forms

said saide sayde seyde sayed sed Sa'id Saeed Saïd Sayeed Saids

Etymology

From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed.

Derived words

abovesaid beforesaid foresaid unsaid Saidian

Translations

Arabic: سَعِيد Bengali: সাঈদ Chinese Mandarin: 賽義德 /赛义德 Maltese: Said Russian: Саи́д
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