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Added 9 October 2026

seine

/seɪn/ noun

Latin root: sagēna Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about seine at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel.
A large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom.

verb

Fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine.

Origin

From Old English seġne, from Proto-West Germanic *sagīna, from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.

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