See also: Seine and seiné

EnglishEdit

 
seining for salmon
 
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Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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.

TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

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 termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

AnagramsEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

seine

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of seinen

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

seine f (plural seines)

  1. seine (for fishing)

VerbEdit

seine

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

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

seine f sg or pl

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

DeterminerEdit

seine f sg or pl

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

AnagramsEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

seine

  1. Alternative form of seym

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

seine

  1. Alternative form of seien

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

seine f (plural seines)

  1. (Jersey, fishing) dragnet

SynonymsEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

AdjectiveEdit

seine

  1. definite singular of sein
  2. plural of sein

AnagramsEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

AdjectiveEdit

seine

  1. definite singular of sein
  2. plural of sein

VoticEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *saina.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

seine

  1. wall
  2. pier

InflectionEdit

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.

ReferencesEdit

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

West FrisianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

seine c (plural seinen, diminutive seintsje)

  1. blessing
Further readingEdit
  • seine (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

seine c (plural seinen, diminutive seintsje)

  1. scythe
Further readingEdit
  • seine (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 3Edit

From sein +‎ -e.

VerbEdit

seine

  1. to signal
InflectionEdit
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 readingEdit
  • seine (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011