different between seiner vs shiner

English

Etymology

seine +? -er.

Noun

seiner (plural seiners)

1. A fisherman who uses a seine to catch fish.
2. A fishing vessel used for seining.

Translations

Anagrams

• Eisner, irenes, serein, serine, sirene

French

Etymology

From seine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.ne/

Verb

seiner

1. to seine (fish using a seine)

Conjugation

Further reading

• “seiner” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• insère, inséré, reines, renies, résine, résiné, serein, sirène

German

Etymology

See sein (“his”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?za??n?/

Pronoun

seiner

1. his (substantival possessive)

Declension

Pronoun

seiner

1. genitive of er
2. genitive of es

Determiner

seiner

1. inflection of sein:
   1. genitive/dative feminine singular
   2. genitive plural

Further reading

• “seiner” in Duden online

English

Etymology

From Middle English schyner, equivalent to shine +? -er. Compare Old English s??nere (“one who produces deceptive appearances, magician”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sh?n'?(r), IPA^(key): /??a?n?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?n?(r)

Noun

shiner (plural shiners)

1. One who shines; a luminary.
2. One who causes things to shine; a polisher.
3. (colloquial) A black eye.
4. coon eyes
5. (slang, dated) A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign.
   • 1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, p. 30:

     She may be generally found in the fore part of the day at her lodgings above mentioned, where a brace of shiners will ensure you the possession of charms above their value, cent per cent.

6. Any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Lythrurus, and allied genera, such as the redfin.
7. Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish.
8. The common silverfish, Lepisma.
9. (slang) A moonshiner.
10. A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games.

    Synonym: convex

    • 2003, Jon Sharpe, Trailsman #258: Casino Carnage

      Fargo wasn't sure what difference it made if one gambler passed something to another, unless it was to be used in cheating, a shiner maybe. But nobody at that table would let a shiner pass.

11. (wine) A bottle of finished wine, without a label.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Hiners, Hirens, renshi, rhines, shrine