sean
UK/ʃɔːn/
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Australia/ʃoːn/
sean is the dated form of seine.
Meaning of seine
Noun
seine (plural seines)
- A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
- We all went on Monday Evening to the sea shore, to see the scene Drawn: this is a most curious Work: and all done by Women.1773, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 21
Proper noun capitalized: Sean
Sean (plural Seans)
- A male given name from Irish.
- They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called, Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running...1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Harper Collins Publishers., →ISBN, page 203
- In some ways, it’s a pragmatic practice: Fox anchors such as Sean Hannity and, at one point, Tucker Carlson routinely attack Milley – and during the Trump years, there was also a reasonable expectation that the president would be talking to the hosts of those shows.2023 September 25, Katie Bo Lillis, Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky, “Mark Milley leaves a controversial legacy as America’s top general”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2025
Forms of sean
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | seans |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | seans |
| present participle | seaning |
| past participle | seaned |
| past | seaned |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Seans |
| alternative form | Shaun |
| alternative form | Shawn |
| alternative form | Shohn |
| alternative form | Shon |
| alternative form | Shone |
Origin of sean
Anglicised form of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Shaun, Shane, and Giovanni.
Words that rhyme with sean
Questions about sean
- What does sean mean?
- Sean means a male given name from Irish.
- What is sean the dated form of?
- Sean is the dated form of seine.
- What part of speech is sean?
- Sean is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sean?
- Sean is pronounced /ʃɔːn/ (UK).
Words near sean in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sean (page history and authors); Sean (page history and authors); seine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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