different between seine vs sexine

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

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

Noun

sexine (plural sexines)

1. (palynology) The outer part of the exine, the outer covering of a pollen grain

Coordinate terms

• nexine
• ectexine
• endexine

Derived terms

• sexinal

Anagrams

• exines