seine

• sean
• sein (archaic)

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

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /seɪn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophone: sane

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.
   • 1773, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 21:

     We all went on Monday Evening to the sea shore, to see the scene Drawn: this is a most curious Work: and all done by Women.

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 169:

     They were too busy hauling at ropes, collectively drawing a large seine across the bay before them – and singing their hearts out.

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.
   • 1974, James Whetter, Cornwall in the 17th Century: An Economic History of Kernow:

     This was especially the case with seining for pilchards.

• seiner

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

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seine

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of seinen

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

• IPA^(key): /sɛn/

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seine f (plural seines)

1. seine (for fishing)

seine

1. inflection of seiner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “seine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• niées

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ̯nə/

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seine f sg or pl

1. inflection of seiner:
   1. feminine singular
   2. plural

seine f sg or pl

1. inflection of sein:
   1. nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

• eines, Eisen, niese, seien

seine

1. Alternative form of seym

seine

1. Alternative form of seien

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

seine f (plural seines)

1. (Jersey, fishing) dragnet

• drannet
• trâle

seine

1. definite singular of sein
2. plural of sein

• eisen, isene, neies, neise, niese, seien, -isene, si-ene, sneie

seine

1. definite singular of sein
2. plural of sein

From Proto-Finnic *saina.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯næ/, [ˈsei̯nə]
• Rhymes: -ei̯næ
• Hyphenation: sei‧ne

seine

1. wall
2. pier

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “seinä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /ˈsai̯nə/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛi̯nə/

seine c (plural seinen, diminutive seintsje)

1. blessing

• “seine (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

seine c (plural seinen, diminutive seintsje)

1. scythe

• “seine (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

From sein +‎ -e.

seine

1. to signal

• “seine (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011