seine

See also: Seine and seiné

English

seining for salmon

Alternative forms

• sean
• sein (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /seɪn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophone: sane

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.
   • 1773, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 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 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

fishing net

• Belarusian: не́вад m (njévad)
• Bulgarian: гриб m (grib)
• Czech: nevod (cs) m
• Dutch: zegen (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: sejno
• Finnish: nuotta (fi)
• French: seine (fr) f
• German: Ringwadennetz n, Schleppnetz (de) n
• Maori: kaharoa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: not (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: not f

• Polish: niewód (pl) m
• Portuguese: rede de arrasto f, rede varredoura f
• Russian: не́вод (ru) m (névod), сеть (ru) f (setʹ)
• Swedish: not (sv) c, vad (sv) c
• Ukrainian: не́від m (névid)
• Unami: ahkwënikàn
• Walloon: såme (wa) m
• Westrobothnian: not f

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

     This was especially the case with seining for pilchards.

Derived terms

• seiner

Translations

to fish

• Finnish: nuotata, vetää nuottaa
• French: seiner (fr)
• Portuguese: pescar com rede de arrasto
• Walloon: såmer (wa)
• Westrobothnian: nööt

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

seine

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of seinen

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛn/

• Audio

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Noun

seine f (plural seines)

1. seine (for fishing)

Verb

seine

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• niées

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ̯nə/

• Audio

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Pronoun

seine f sg or pl

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

Determiner

seine f sg or pl

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

Anagrams

• eines, Eisen, niese, seien

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

seine

1. Alternative form of seym

Etymology 2

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

• drannet
• trâle

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

seine

1. definite singular of sein
2. plural of sein

Anagrams

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

seine

1. definite singular of sein
2. plural of sein

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *saina.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

seine

1. wall
2. pier

Inflection

Declension of seine (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	seine	seined
genitive	seinä	seinije, seini
partitive	seinä	seinite, seini
illative	seinä, seinäse	seinije, seinise
inessive	seinez	seiniz
elative	seinesse	seinisse
allative	seinele	seinile
adessive	seinelle	seinille
ablative	seinelte	seinilte
translative	seinessi	seinissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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

West Frisian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

seine c (plural seinen, diminutive seintsje)

1. blessing

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

seine c (plural seinen, diminutive seintsje)

1. scythe

Further reading

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

Etymology 3

From sein +‎ -e.

Verb

seine

1. to signal

Inflection

Weak class 1
infinitive	seine
3rd singular past	seinde
past participle	seind
infinitive	seine
long infinitive	seinen
gerund	seinen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	sein	seinde
2nd singular	seinst	seindest
3rd singular	seint	seinde
plural	seine	seinden
imperative	sein
participles	seinend	seind

Further reading

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