different between seine vs seise

English

Alternative forms

• sean
• sein (archaic)

Etymology

From Old English se?ne, from Proto-West Germanic *sag?na, from Latin sag?na, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sag?n?, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /se?n/

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

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.

Derived terms

• seiner

Translations

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

seine

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of seinen

French

Etymology

From Latin sag?na, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sag?n?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?n/

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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• niées

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?za??n?/

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

Verb

seine

1. Alternative form of seien

Norman

Etymology

From Latin sag?na, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sag?n?, “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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

seine

1. definite singular of sein
2. plural of sein

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): /?sai?n?/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /?s?i?n?/

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

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English seisen, from Old French seisir (“to put in possession of", "to take possession of”), from Late Latin sac?re, from Frankish *sakjan (“to sue, bring a legal charge against”), from Proto-Germanic *sak?n? (“to charge, seek legal action against”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?g- (“to track”). Cognate with Old High German sahhan (“to argue, scold”), Old English sacian (“to strive, contend”). More at sake.

Verb

seise (third-person singular simple present seises, present participle seising, simple past and past participle seised)

1. (transitive, law) To vest ownership of a freehold estate in (someone).
2. (transitive, with of, law) To put in possession.
   • 2011, Article 3 section 7, Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011, Official Journal of the European Union L 55/15

     Where the appeal committee is seised, it shall meet at the earliest 14 days, except in duly justified cases, and at the latest 6 weeks, after the date of referral.

3. (dated) To seize.

Usage notes

• Usually used in passive.

Synonyms

• ((with of) to put in possession): possess

Anagrams

• Essie

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *seise, from Old Norse sessi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????/

Noun

seise m (genitive singular seise, nominative plural seisí)

1. companion, comrade

Declension

Mutation

Middle English

Verb

seise

1. Alternative form of seisen