Seine

French Seine

• IPA^(key): /sɛn/

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  • Rhymes: -ɛn
  • Homophone: sen
• IPA^(key): /seɪn/

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  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophones: sain, sane

the Seine

1. A river in northern France that flows through Paris for about 772 km (480 mi) to the English Channel near Le Havre.
2. A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.

• Seine-et-Marne
• Seine-Maritime
• Seine-Saint-Denis

• Eisen, Niese, insee, see in, seein, seein', senie

From Latin Sequana, from a Celtic deity who descended from the Proto-Indo-European pantheon.

• IPA^(key): /sɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

la Seine f

1. Seine (a river in northern France)

In French, the river Seine is known as a fleuve, not a rivière.

• Hauts-de-Seine
• Seine-et-Marne
• Seine-Maritime
• Seine-Saint-Denis
• séquanais

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛːn/, /ˈzɛːnə/

die Seine f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Seine)

1. Seine (a river in France)