seoir
French, verb/swaʁ/
seoir is a French verb meaning “to be suitable for; to be proper for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aller bien, pour un vêtement ; être convenable”.
What does seoir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be suitable for; to be proper for
- 2
to be situated
- 3
datedsit down (see also s’asseoir)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aller bien, pour un vêtement ; être convenable. 2. Être assis, bien établi. 3. Être installé ou établi. 4. S’asseoir, s’installer dans une assemblée à la place qui convient à son rang.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of seoir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- séant gerund participle present
- seyant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- sis participle past
- sieds first-person indicative present
- sied indicative present singular
- seyons first-person indicative plural
- seyez indicative plural present
- siéent indicative plural present
- seyais first-person imperfect indicative
- seyait imperfect indicative singular
- seyions first-person imperfect indicative
- seyiez imperfect indicative plural
- seyaient imperfect indicative plural
- sit historic indicative past
- sîmes first-person historic indicative
- sîtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seoir?
- /swaʁ/
- \swaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to seoir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seoir in French?
seoir appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).