Seine

See also: seine and seiné

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seɪn/, /sɛn/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪn

Proper noun

Seine

A river of northern France that flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre.
A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.

Translations

river of northern France

Arabic: نهر السين‎ m (nahr al-sīn)
Armenian: Սեն (Sen)
Catalan: Sena (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞納河 (zh), 塞纳河 (zh) (Sènà hé)
Czech: Seina (cs) f
Danish: Seinen
Esperanto: Sejno
French: Seine (fr) f
German: Seine (de) f
Greek: Σηκουάνας (el) (Sikouánas)

Hungarian: Szajna (hu)
Italian: Senna f
Japanese: セーヌ川 (Sēnu-gawá)
Korean: 센 강 (ko) (Sen gang)
Latin: Sequana (la) f
Macedonian: Сена f (Sena)
Marathi: सेन f (sena)
Occitan: Sèina f
Polish: Sekwana (pl) f
Portuguese: Sena (pt) m
Russian: Се́на (ru) f (Séna)
Spanish: Sena m

Anagrams

Niese, insee, see in, seein, seein', senie

French

Etymology

Latin Sequana, from a Celtic deity who descended from the Proto-Indo-European pantheon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛn/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛn

Proper noun

la Seine f

the Seine

Usage notes

In French, the river Seine is known as a fleuve, not a rivière.

Derived terms

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