# seine
## English
### Alternative forms

* sean
* sein (archaic)

### Etymology

From Old English seġne, from Proto-West Germanic *sagīna, from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /seɪn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪn
* Homophone: sane

### 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, published 2001, page 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, published 2006, page 169:They were too busy hauling at ropes, collectively drawing a large seine across the bay before them – and singing their hearts out.

#### Derived terms

* anchor seine
* Danish seine
* purse seine

#### 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.
** 1974, James Whetter, Cornwall in the 17th Century: An Economic History of Kernow:This was especially the case with seining for pilchards.

#### Derived terms

* seiner

#### Translations
### Anagrams

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

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

seine
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of seinen

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛn/
* Audio:(file)

### 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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* niées

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzaɪ̯nə/ (prescriptive standard)
* IPA: /ˈsaɛ̯nɛ/ (Austria)
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

seine f sg or pl
* inflection of seiner:
** nominative/accusative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative plural

### Determiner

seine f sg or pl
* inflection of sein:
** nominative/accusative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative plural

### Anagrams

* eines, Eisen, niese, seien

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

seine
* Alternative form of seym

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

seine
* Alternative form of seien

## Norman
### Etymology

From Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”).

### Noun

seine f (plural seines)
* (Jersey, fishing) dragnet

#### Synonyms

* drannet
* trâle

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Adjective

seine
* definite singular of sein
* plural of sein

### Anagrams

* eisen, isene, neies, neise, niese, seien, -isene, si-ene, sneie

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Adjective

seine
* definite singular of sein
* plural of sein

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *saina.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈsei̯næ/, [ˈsei̯nʲə̟]
* Rhymes: -ei̯næ
* Hyphenation: sei‧ne

### Noun

seine
* wall
* pier

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “seinä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## West Frisian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Clay) IPA: /ˈsai̯nə/
* (Wood) IPA: /ˈsɛi̯nə/

#### 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

##### Further reading

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