to fish for or catch with a seine.
to use a seine in (water).
a river in France, flowing NW through Paris to the English Channel. 480 miles (773 km) long.
a former department in N France.
before 950; Middle English seyne, Old English segne < West Germanic *sagina < Latin sagēna < Greek sagḗnē fishing net
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They’re right here, in high summer, on Paris’ oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, where an enormous art installation, a trompe l’oeil inflatable snow-clad mountain range, has arisen over the river Seine.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026
Days later, a metal trunk bound with a metal chain was discovered floating in the River Seine to the west of Paris.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
Her main rival is 48-year-old Socialist candidate Emmanuel Gregoire, the deputy to the city's current mayor Anne Hidalgo, whose legacy includes bike lanes and making the Seine river swimmable for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Don’t expect a new Silicon Valley to pop up on the Rhine, the Seine or the Thames any time soon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
I remember, that night, watching the teenagers gathering along the pathway near the Seine to do all their teenage things.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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