name · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/sɛn/
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rhymes with -ɛn
homophone: sen
/seɪn/
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rhymes with -eɪn
homophone: sain
homophone: sane
UK, US:/seɪn/
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CMU ARPABET:S EY1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A river in northern France that flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fishing net, net
4
verb
Meaning 4
To use a seine, to fish with a seine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fishnet, fishing net
Narrower terms: purse seine
6
noun
Meaning 6
a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Seine River
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: river
7
verb
Meaning 7
fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fish
History
Etymology
From French Seine.
From Old English seġne, from Proto-West Germanic *sagīna, from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.
Across languages
Translations
120 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Seine
— river of northern France
Albanian:
Sena
— river of northern France
Amharic:
ሰን
(sän)
— river of northern France
Arabic:
السِّين
(as-sīn)
— river of northern France
Arabic:
السِّن
(as-sin)
— river of northern France
Armenian:
Սեն
(Sen)
— river of northern France
Asturian:
Sena
— river of northern France
Azerbaijani:
Sena
— river of northern France
Basque:
Sena
— river of northern France
Belarusian:
Се́на
(Sjéna)
— river of northern France
Bengali:
সেন
(Sen)
— river of northern France
Breton:
Saena
— river of northern France
Bulgarian:
Се́на
(Séna)
— river of northern France
Burmese:
စိန်းမြစ်
(cin:mrac)
— river of northern France
Catalan:
Sena
— river of northern France
Chinese Mandarin:
塞納河 /塞纳河
(Sàinà Hé)
— river of northern France
Czech:
Seina
— river of northern France
Danish:
Seinen
— river of northern France
Dutch:
Seine
— river of northern France
Esperanto:
Sejno
— river of northern France
Estonian:
Seine
— river of northern France
Finnish:
Seine
— river of northern France
French:
Seine
— river of northern France
West-Frisian:
Seine
— river of northern France
Galician:
Sena
— river of northern France
Georgian:
სენა
(sena)
— river of northern France
German:
Seine
— river of northern France
Old High German:
Sīgona
— river of northern France
Greek:
Σηκουάνας
(Sikouánas)
— river of northern France
Hebrew:
סן
(Sén)
— river of northern France
Hindi:
सीन
(sīn)
— river of northern France
Hungarian:
Szajna
— river of northern France
Icelandic:
Signa
— river of northern France
Indonesian:
Seine
— river of northern France
Irish:
An tSéin
— river of northern France
Italian:
Senna
— river of northern France
Japanese:
セーヌ川
(Sēnu-gawa)
— river of northern France
Kazakh:
Сена
— river of northern France
Korean:
센 강
— river of northern France
Kyrgyz:
Сена
— river of northern France
Latin:
Sequana
— river of northern France
Latvian:
Sēna
— river of northern France
Lithuanian:
Sena
— river of northern France
Luxembourgish:
Seine
— river of northern France
Macedonian:
Сена
— river of northern France
Malay:
Seine
— river of northern France
Malayalam:
സീൻ
(sīṉ)
— river of northern France
Marathi:
सेन
(sen)
— river of northern France
Norwegian Bokmål:
Seine
— river of northern France
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Seinen
— river of northern France
Occitan:
Sèina
— river of northern France
Old English:
Sīgen
— river of northern France
Persian:
سن
(sên)
— river of northern France
Polish:
Sekwana
— river of northern France
Portuguese:
Sena
— river of northern France
Punjabi:
ਸੈਨ
(sain)
— river of northern France
Romanian:
Sena
— river of northern France
Russian:
Се́на
(Séna)
— river of northern France
Serbo-Croatian:
Сена
— river of northern France
Serbo-Croatian:
Sena
— river of northern France
Sicilian:
Senna
— river of northern France
Slovak:
Seina
— river of northern France
Slovene:
Sena
— river of northern France
Spanish:
Sena
— river of northern France
Swedish:
Seinen
— river of northern France
Swedish:
Seine
— river of northern France
Tagalog:
Sena
— river of northern France
Tamil:
செய்ன்
(ceyṉ)
— river of northern France
Telugu:
సీన్
(sīn)
— river of northern France
Thai:
แม่น้ําแซน
(mɛ̂ɛ-náam-sɛɛn)
— river of northern France
Thai:
แซน
(sɛɛn)
— river of northern France
Tibetan:
སེ་ན་
(se na)
— river of northern France
Turkish:
Sen
— river of northern France
Ottoman Turkish:
سن
(Sen)
— river of northern France
Ukrainian:
Се́на
(Séna)
— river of northern France