seine

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See also: Seine and seiné

English

seining for salmon
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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, 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.

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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.
    • 1974, James Whetter, Cornwall in the 17th Century: An Economic History of Kernow:
      This was especially the case with seining for pilchards.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

seine

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of seinen

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯nə/ (prescriptive standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɛ̯nɛ/ (Austria)
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Pronoun

seine f sg or pl

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

Determiner

seine f sg or pl

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

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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

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

seine

  1. definite singular of sein
  2. plural of sein

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

seine

  1. definite singular of sein
  2. plural of sein

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *saina.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsei̯næ/,
  • 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, seinii
partitive seinä seiniite, seinii
illative seinäse, seinä seiniise
inessive seinez seiniiz
elative seinesse seiniisse
allative seinele seiniile
adessive seinelle seiniille
ablative seinelte seiniilte
translative seinessi seiniissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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

West Frisian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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
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