seine

See also: Seine and seiné

English

seining for salmon

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English seġne, from West (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *sagīna, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sagēna, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• 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

fishing net

• Belarusian: не́вад m (njévad)
• Dutch: zegen (nl) m or f
• 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

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

Verb

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

Derived terms

• seiner

Translations

to fish

• Finnish: nuotata, vetää nuottaa
• French: seiner (fr)
• Portuguese: pescar (pt)
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• Walloon: såmer (wa)
• Westrobothnian:

Anagrams

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

seine

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of seinen

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sagēna, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛn/

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ̯nə/

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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

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Middle English

Verb

seine

1. Alternative form of seien

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sagēna, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”).

Noun

seine f (plural seines)

1. (Jersey, fishing) dragnet

Synonyms

• drannet
• trâle

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

seine

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of sein
2. plural of sein

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

seine

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of sein
2. plural of sein

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West Frisian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

seine c (plural seinen)

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

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

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