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.

• purse seine

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. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of seinen

Inherited 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/ (prescriptive standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɛ̯nɛ/ (Austria)

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seine f sg or pl

1. inflection of seiner:
   1. nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative 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/, [ˈsei̯nʲə̟]
• Rhymes: -ei̯næ
• Hyphenation: sei‧ne

seine

1. wall
2. pier

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.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (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

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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

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

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