Standard Lemma guide

said

adj · det · name · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • sĕd
  • /sɛd/
  • [sɛd̥]
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-England, dialectal: sād
  • New-England, dialectal: /seɪd/
  • rhymes with -ɛd
  • homophone: sed
  • /saɪd/
  • rhymes with -aɪd
  • homophone: side
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The said party has denied the charges.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

det

Meaning 2

Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Said party has denied the charges.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A male given name from Arabic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A surname from Arabic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Alternative form of Sayyid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

simple past and past participle of say

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

Examples

  • It ́s said to be a good roadhouse.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Borrowed from Arabic سَعِيد (saʕīd).

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: thën — mentioned earlier
  • Armenian: նշված (nšvac) — mentioned earlier
  • Dutch: in kwestie — mentioned earlier
  • Dutch: desbetreffend — mentioned earlier
  • Finnish: samainen — mentioned earlier
  • Finnish: kyseessä oleva — mentioned earlier
  • Finnish: edellä mainittu — mentioned earlier
  • Finnish: kyseinen — mentioned earlier
  • French: dit — mentioned earlier
  • Galician: dito — mentioned earlier
  • German: besagt — mentioned earlier
  • Hungarian: (fent) említett — mentioned earlier
  • Hungarian: nevezett — mentioned earlier
  • Hungarian: illető — mentioned earlier
  • Persian: مذکور (mazkur) — mentioned earlier
  • Portuguese: dito — mentioned earlier
  • Russian: упомя́нутый (upomjánutyj) — mentioned earlier
  • Russian: ска́занный (skázannyj) — mentioned earlier
  • Spanish: dicho — mentioned earlier
  • Swedish: i fråga — mentioned earlier
  • Swedish: sagd — mentioned earlier
  • French: ledit — mentioned earlier
  • Indonesian: tersebut — mentioned earlier
  • Japanese: 前記 (zenki) — mentioned earlier
  • Japanese: 該 (gai) — mentioned earlier
  • Korean: 상기 (sanggi) — mentioned earlier
  • Malay: tersebut — mentioned earlier
  • Russian: вышеупомя́нутый (vyšeupomjánutyj) — mentioned earlier
  • Russian: вышеука́занный (vyšeukázannyj) — mentioned earlier
  • Arabic: سَعِيد (saʕīd) — male given name
  • Azerbaijani: Səid — male given name
  • Bashkir: Сәғит (Səğit) — male given name
  • Bengali: সাঈদ (śaid) — male given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 賽義德 /赛义德 (Sàiyìdé) — male given name
  • French: Saïd — male given name
  • Hebrew: סעיד (Sa'íd) — male given name
  • Japanese: サイード (Saīdo) — male given name
  • Kazakh: Сейіт (Seiıt) — male given name
  • Kyrgyz: Сейит (Seyit) — male given name
  • Persian: سعید (sa'id) — male given name
  • Russian: Саи́д (Saíd) — male given name
  • Spanish: Saíd — male given name
  • Tajik: Саид (Sayid) — male given name
  • Turkmen: Seýit — male given name
  • Urdu: سَعِید (sa'īd) — male given name
  • Arabic: سَعِيد (saʕīd) — surname
  • Bengali: সাঈদ (śaid) — surname
  • Chinese Mandarin: 賽義德 /赛义德 (Sàiyìdé) — surname
  • Maltese: Said — surname
  • Russian: Саи́д (Saíd) — surname