Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

said

/sɛd/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.01 in modern English

Syllables: said
IPA: /sɛd/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of say

adj

Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

det

Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

name

A male given name from Arabic.

name

A surname from Arabic.

noun

Alternative form of Sayyid.

Example Sentences

"It´s said to be a good roadhouse."
"The said party has denied the charges."
"How nicely we could manage without the said railway, now the great hobby of our Teviotdale lairds, if we could by any process of conjuration waft to Abbotsford some of the coal and lime from Lochore..."
"Said party has denied the charges."

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: seide, sǣde
Suffix: say

Inflected Forms

saide (alternative, obsolete) sayde (alternative, obsolete) seyde (alternative, obsolete) sayed (alternative, nonstandard) sed (alternative, pronunciation spelling) Sa'id (alternative) Saeed (alternative) Saïd (alternative) Sayeed (alternative) Saids (plural)

Derived Forms

abovesaid beforesaid foresaid unsaid Saidian

Synonyms

aforesaid aforementioned

Homonyms

sed side

Rhymes With

read head red instead lead dead led bed ahead spread ed fed

Questions

How do you pronounce said?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɛd/.
What does said mean?: simple past and past participle of say
Where does said come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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