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seine
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)
- 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.
- 1773, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 21:
Translations
Verb
seine (third-person singular simple present seines, present participle seining, simple past and past participle seined)
- (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
- (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)
- seine (for fishing)
Verb
seine
- inflection of seiner:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 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
- inflection of seiner:
- feminine singular
- plural
Determiner
seine f sg or pl
- inflection of sein:
- nominative/accusative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Anagrams
- eines, Eisen, niese, seien
Middle English
Verb
seine
- Alternative form of seien
Norman
Etymology
From Latin sag?na, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sag?n?, “dragnet”).
Noun
seine f (plural seines)
- (Jersey, fishing) dragnet
Synonyms
- drannet
- trâle
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
seine
- definite singular of sein
- plural of sein
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
seine
- definite singular of sein
- 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)
- 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)
- scythe
Further reading
- “seine (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 3
From sein +? -e.
Verb
seine
- to signal
Inflection
Further reading
- “seine (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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skeine
English
Noun
skeine (plural skeines)
- Alternative form of skean
Anagrams
- seekin'
Yola
Alternative forms
- skyne
Etymology
From Middle English skayne.
Noun
skeine
- a skein, as of thread
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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