Standard Lemma guide

seine

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/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛn
  • homophone: sen
  • /seɪn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪn
  • homophone: sain
  • homophone: sane
  • UK, US: /seɪn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
  • Uzbek: Sena — river of northern France
  • Welsh: Seine — river of northern France
  • Belarusian: не́вад (njévad) — fishing net
  • Bulgarian: гриб (grib) — fishing net
  • Naskapi: ᐊᒂᐱᒋᑭᓐ (akwaapichikin) — fishing net
  • Czech: nevod — fishing net
  • Dutch: zegen — fishing net
  • Esperanto: sejno — fishing net
  • Finnish: nuotta — fishing net
  • French: seine — fishing net
  • Gagauz: plasa — fishing net
  • German: Ringwadennetz — fishing net
  • German: Schleppnetz — fishing net
  • Hungarian: vonóháló — fishing net
  • Hungarian: húzóháló — fishing net
  • Hungarian: kerítőháló — fishing net
  • Hungarian: gyalomháló — fishing net
  • Komi-Zyrian: тыв (tyv) — fishing net
  • Malay: pukat — fishing net
  • Māori: kaharoa — fishing net
  • Eastern Mari: келде (kelde) — fishing net
  • Western Mari: келде (kelde) — fishing net
  • Nanai: адоли (adoli) — fishing net
  • Norwegian Bokmål: not — fishing net
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: not — fishing net
  • Polish: niewód — fishing net
  • Portuguese: rede de arrasto — fishing net
  • Portuguese: rede varredoura — fishing net
  • Russian: не́вод (névod) — fishing net
  • Russian: сеть (setʹ) — fishing net
  • Southern Selkup: пок (pok) — fishing net
  • Southern Selkup: уарбок (uarbok) — fishing net
  • Swahili: jarife — fishing net
  • Swedish: not — fishing net
  • Swedish: vad — fishing net
  • Ukrainian: не́від (névid) — fishing net
  • Unami: ahkwënikàn — fishing net
  • Unami: answikàn — fishing net
  • Walloon: såme — fishing net
  • Finnish: nuotata — to fish
  • Finnish: vetää nuottaa — to fish
  • French: seiner — to fish
  • Portuguese: pescar com rede de arrasto — to fish
  • Unami: answe — to fish
  • Walloon: såmer — to fish
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