seine

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
noun 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

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

This stream discharged into the Seine. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
There again he was near the Seine. — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant
Pollak, Dr. J. E.--Das Land und seine Bewohner. — Southern Arabia, J. Theodore (James Theodore) Bent

Seine River

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