seine
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English seġne, from Proto-West Germanic *sagīna, from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
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Verb
[edit]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
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Anagrams
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[edit]Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]seine
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]seine f (plural seines)
- seine (for fishing)
Verb
[edit]seine
- inflection of seiner:
Further reading
[edit]- “seine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]seine f sg or pl
- inflection of seiner:
Determiner
[edit]seine f sg or pl
- inflection of sein:
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]seine
- Alternative form of seym
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]seine
- Alternative form of seien
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”).
Noun
[edit]seine f (plural seines)
Synonyms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Adjective
[edit]seine
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Adjective
[edit]seine
Votic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *saina.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]seine
Inflection
[edit]Declension of seine (type VIII/päive, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | seine | seined |
genitive | seinä | seinije, seinii |
partitive | seinä | seiniite, seinii |
illative | seinäse, seinä | seiniise |
inessive | seinez | seiniiz |
elative | seinesse | seiniisse |
allative | seinele | seiniile |
adessive | seinelle | seiniille |
ablative | seinelte | seiniilte |
translative | seinessi | seiniissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
References
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]seine c (plural seinen, diminutive seintsje)
Further reading
[edit]- “seine (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
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Noun
[edit]seine c (plural seinen, diminutive seintsje)
Further reading
[edit]- “seine (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]seine
- to signal
Inflection
[edit]Weak class 1 | ||||
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infinitive | seine | |||
3rd singular past | seinde | |||
past participle | seind | |||
infinitive | seine | |||
long infinitive | seinen | |||
gerund | seinen n | |||
auxiliary | hawwe | |||
indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
1st singular | sein | seinde | ||
2nd singular | seinst | seindest | ||
3rd singular | seint | seinde | ||
plural | seine | seinden | ||
imperative | sein | |||
participles | seinend | seind |
Further reading
[edit]- “seine (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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