Seine Definition

sān
seined, seines, seining
noun
A large fishing net with floats along the top edge and weights along the bottom.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Seine River
verb
To fish with a seine.
Webster's New World
To fish for or catch with such a net.
American Heritage
pronoun

A river of northern France that flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre.

Wiktionary

A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Seine

Noun

Singular:
seine
Plural:
seines

Origin of Seine

  • Old English seÄ¡ne, from West Proto-Germanic *sagÄ«na, from Latin sagÄ“na, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagÄ“nÄ“, “dragnet"), of unknown origin.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English segne from Germanic sagina from Latin sagēna from Greek sagēnē

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French Seine

    From Wiktionary

Seine Sentence Examples

  • They are caught with the seine or with the bag-net in the tideway.

  • He took part in the defence of Paris in 1815, and afterwards occupied a subordinate situation in the prefecture of the Seine.

  • For practical studies see official reports on the Mississippi, Rhine, Seine, Elbe and other great rivers.

  • The first of these extended from the Pyrenees to the Garumna (Garonne); the second, from that river to the Sequana (Seine) and its chief tributary the Matrona (Marne), reaching eastward presumably as far as the Rhenus (Rhine); and the third, from this bounding Iline to the mouth of the last-named river, thus bordering on the Germans.

  • Driven by contrary winds to take shelter in the Seine, the refugees passed the winter in the Netherlands, and in April 1608 proceeded to Rome, where they were welcomed and hospitably entertained by Pope Paul V., and where Tyrconnel died the same year.

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Words Starting With

SSESEI

Words Ending With

ENEINE

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seine

Words Starting With S and Ending With E

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