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I am writing my thesis and when I want to refer to something I will talk about later I use: see section/chapter.... But can I use it for a chapter that the reader should already have read?

Because in French, it would be strange to use voir, and we will mostly use cf. (confer) in that purpose (it can be used for previous and following parts). However, in English cf. doesn't have the same meaning. I saw also q.v. (quod vide), but is it actually used?

Dark Patate
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    I suggest you find some theses for the area you're writing in and see what they use; it should be easy to search the text. Personally "see" is fine, or "as already described in..." if you prefer. – Stuart F Sep 23 '22 at 08:26
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    q.v. is definitely used in scholarly writing. You can also use "refer to chapter N" – Barmar Sep 23 '22 at 23:35
  • Thanks, both of you for your comments. I'll use your suggestions as well as q.v. Thanks! – Dark Patate Sep 24 '22 at 06:29
  • Less formally, you can also say "see chapter X above" for previous chapters, and "see chapter Y below" for later ones. – Tevildo Sep 29 '23 at 07:12
  • There's always this -- 5 Latin Terms in Referencing https://getproofed.com.au/writing-tips/5-latin-terms-referencing/ – DJohnson Sep 29 '23 at 10:36
  • Modern English would be happier with 'As will be discussed / As we will discuss in chapter 6' etc than with archaisms. – Edwin Ashworth Sep 29 '23 at 11:22

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One quite formal way of doing this is to use the word supra. Cambridge provides this definition:

used in a text to refer to something mentioned earlier

They also provide this example sentence:

See McHoul note 33 (supra), for a discussion of these possibilities.

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