seine
pronunciation
How to pronounce seine in British English:
UK [seɪn]
How to pronounce seine in American English:
US [sen]
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- Noun:
- a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom
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- Verb:
- fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine
Word Origin
- seine (n.)
- Old English segne "drag-net," from West Germanic *sagina (cognates: Old Saxon and Old High German segina), a borrowing of Latin sagena (source of French seine, 12c., which contributed to the form of the English word), from Greek sagene "a fishing net," also "a hunting net," of unknown origin.
Example
- 1. The line then crosses over the seine , giving glorious vistas .
- 2. The seine already has 37 bridges .
- 3. Background : this vertical lift bridge crosses the seine , one of france 's major commercial waterways .
- 4. The most memorable and vicious atrocities saw policemen herding panicking crowds on to paris 's bridges , where many were tossed into the seine .
- 5. Across the seine , in his plate-glass and steel headquarters , mr sarkozy smiles only nervously , despite polls that consistently put him ahead .