different between seine vs suine

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

Noun

suine (countable and uncountable, plural suines)

1. (zoology) An even-toed ungulate belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Suinae, which is comprised of modern pigs (genus Sus) and their close relatives, both living and extinct.
   • 1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica (volume 7, page 574)

     Primitive suines appeared in the Eocene.

2. (rare, uncountable) A buttery substitute usually made of suet or lard.

Anagrams

• in use, insue

Italian

Adjective

suine

1. feminine plural of suino

Latin

Adjective

su?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of su?nus