seine

See also: Seine and seiné

English

seining for salmon

Etymology

Old English seġne, from West Proto-Germanic *sagīna, from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, dragnet), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /seɪn/

Noun

seine (plural seines)

  1. A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 169:
      They were too busy hauling at ropes, collectively drawing a large seine across the bay before them – and singing their hearts out.

Translations

Verb

seine (third-person singular simple present seines, present participle seining, simple past and past participle seined)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To use a seine, to fish with a seine.

Derived terms

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

seine

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of seinen

French

Etymology

Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛn/

Noun

seine f (plural seines)

  1. seine (for fishing)

Verb

seine

  1. first-person singular present indicative of seiner
  2. third-person singular present indicative of seiner
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of seiner
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of seiner
  5. second-person singular imperative of seiner

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯nə/
  • (file)

Pronoun

seine

  1. nominative feminine singular of sein
  2. nominative plural of sein
  3. accusative feminine singular of sein
  4. accusative plural of sein

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Middle English

Verb

seine

  1. Alternative form of seien

Norman

Etymology

From Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, dragnet).

Noun

seine f (plural seines)

  1. (Jersey, fishing) dragnet

Synonyms


Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

seine

  1. singular definite of sein
  2. plural of sein

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

seine

  1. singular definite of sein
  2. plural of sein

West Frisian

Etymology 1

Noun

seine c (plural seinen)

  1. blessing

Etymology 2

Noun

seine c (plural seinen)

  1. scythe
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