seoir

From Middle French seoir, from Old French seoir, from earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō, from Proto-Italic *sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

• IPA^(key): /swaʁ/
• Homophone: soir
• Rhymes: -waʁ

seoir (defective)

1. to be suitable for; to be proper for
2. (law) to be situated
3. (archaic) sit down (see also s'asseoir)

This is a defective verb, only conjugated in the third person.

• asseoir

• “seoir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• osier, seroi

From Old French seoir, from earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō.

seoir

1. to be; to be situated
   • circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:

     Vous devés savoir que assés près de la ou ils estoient, siet la ville de Iuberot

     You should know that quite close to there where they were, is the city of Juberot

2. (reflexive, se seoir) to sit down (be sitting)

From an earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō.

seoir

1. (transitive) to sit (make someone sit)
2. (reflexive, se seoir) to sit down

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem sié distinct from the unstressed stem se, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: seoir
  • French: seoir