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See also:Semen,sémen,semèn,andsêmen

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsemen, fromLatinsēmen(“seed”), fromProto-Indo-European*seh₁-(“to sow; plant”).

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Noun

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semen (usuallyuncountable,pluralsemens)

  2. A sticky, milky fluid produced in malereproductiveorgans that contains the reproductive cells.
    • 1962 [1959],William S. Burroughs,Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press,page80:
      Sharp protein odor ofsemen fills the air.
    • 1981,William Irwin Thompson,The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page162:
      In the Sumerian language the word for water also meanssemen, and since Enki is the god of water, he is therefore the god ofsemen. In this ode to the Great Father, the land of the Sumerians is literally awash withsemen.

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Translations

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male reproductory fluid—see alsocum
semen (fluid)—seesperm

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Asturian

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Verb

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semen

  1. third-personpluralpresentindicative ofsemar
  2. third-personpluralpresentsubjunctive ofsemar

Catalan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing fromLatinsēmen.

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Noun

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semen m (pluralsèmensorsémens)

  1. semen,sperm
    Synonym:esperma

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Czech

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semen

  1. genitiveplural ofsemeno

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing fromLatinsēmen(“semen, seed”), fromProto-Indo-European*seh₁-(“to sow; plant”).

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Noun

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sèmèn (pluralsemen-semen)

  1. (medicine)semen, the fluid, produced in male reproductive organs of an animal, that contains the reproductive cells
    Synonyms:air mani,benih mani
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromDutchcement(“cement”), fromOld Frenchciment, fromLatincaementum(“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), fromcaedō(“I cut, hew”). Cognate withAfrikaanssement(“cement”). The sense“cementum” is asemantic loan fromEnglishcement.

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sêmèn (pluralsemen-semen)

  1. cement
    1. (construction material) a powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
    2. (figurative) any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
    3. (anatomy, dentistry)cementum
  2. (anatomy, dentistry)cementum: the layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth.
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Etymology 3

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Unknown(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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sêmèn (pluralsemen-semen)

  1. (fashion)batik pattern depicting a garuda with two wings, a tail, and a mountain, generally dark blue with a gold pattern

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Latin

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Etymology

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FromProto-Italic*sēmən, fromProto-Indo-European*séh₁mn̥(“seed”).

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Noun

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sēmen n (genitivesēminis);third declension

  1. seed (of plants)
    Sēmenmanūspargere. ―Toscatterseed byhand.
    • 8CE,Ovid,Fasti5.221–222:
      ‘prīma per immēnsās sparsī novasēmina gentēs!
      ūnīus tellūs ante colōris erat.’
      “First [it was] I [who] scattered newseeds throughout countless nations!
      Previously the earth was of [but] one color.”
      (The poetic voice is that ofFlora (mythology).)
  2. semen
  3. graft
  4. offspring
  5. cause
  6. (poetic)seed (of the elements of other bodies (of fire, water, stones, etc.))

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singularplural
nominativesēmensēmina
genitivesēminissēminum
dativesēminīsēminibus
accusativesēmensēmina
ablativesēminesēminibus
vocativesēmensēmina

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References

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  • “semen”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “semen”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "semen", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
    • the elements and first beginnings:elementa et tamquam semina rerum
    • to sow:serere; semen spargere

Maltese

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Root
s-m-n
10 terms

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Etymology

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FromArabicسَمْن(samn).

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Noun

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semen m

  1. butter
    Synonym:butir

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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FromFrenchchemin.

Noun

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semen

  1. road,street

References

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  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987.Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromOld Englishsēman, fromProto-West Germanic*sōmijan, fromProto-Germanic*sōmijaną.

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semen (third-person singular simple presentsemeth,present participlesemende,semynge,first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participlesemed)

  1. (Early Middle English) Tosort out; toresolve,subdue, orconfirm.
Conjugation
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Conjugation ofsemen (weak in -ed)
infinitive(to)semen,seme
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularsemesemed
2nd-personsingularsemestsemedest
3rd-personsingularsemethsemed
subjunctivesingularseme
imperativesingular—
plural1semen,semesemeden,semede
imperativepluralsemeth,seme—
participlessemynge,semendesemed,ysemed

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromOld Norsesœma, fromProto-Germanic*sōmijaną, thus a doublet of Etymology 1.

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semen (third-person singular simple presentsemeth,present participlesemende,semynge,first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participlesemed)

  1. Toseem(to be); tolook or beperceived as.
    • 14th Century,Chaucer,The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
      The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro
      So hidously þat with þe leste strook
      That itsemeþ þat it wolde felle an ook
  2. Toappear; to becomevisible ordiscernible.
  3. Tobelieve orassume; to develop abelief:
    1. Todeem orconsider; to form ajudgement.
    2. Toconsider to beappropriate; to judge assuitable.
  4. To beappropriate orright; tosuit orbefit.
  5. (rare) Toexist; to beextant.
Conjugation
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Conjugation ofsemen (weak in -ed)
infinitive(to)semen,seme
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularsemesemed
2nd-personsingularsemestsemedest
3rd-personsingularsemethsemed
subjunctivesingularseme
imperativesingular—
plural1semen,semesemeden,semede
imperativepluralsemeth,seme—
participlessemynge,semendesemed,ysemed

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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Etymology 3

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Inherited fromOld Englishsīman,sēman, fromProto-West Germanic*saumijan; equivalent toseem(“load”) +‎-en(infinitival suffix).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈseːmən/,/ˈsɛːmən/

Verb

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semen (third-person singular simple presentsemeth,present participlesemende,semynge,first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participlesemed)

  1. Toload up or with; toplaceupon.
  2. (figuratively, rare) To beburdensome orgrievous.
Conjugation
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Conjugation ofsemen (weak in -ed/-de)
infinitive(to)semen,seme
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularsemesemed,semde
2nd-personsingularsemestsemedest,semdest
3rd-personsingularsemethsemed,semde
subjunctivesingularseme
imperativesingular—
plural1semen,semesemeden,semede,semden,semde
imperativepluralsemeth,seme—
participlessemynge,semendesemed,semd,ysemed,ysemd

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Back-formation fromsemăna.

Noun

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semen m (pluralsemeni)

  1. fellow human

Declension

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Declension ofsemen
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativesemensemenulsemenisemenii
genitive-dativesemensemenuluisemenisemenilor
vocativesemenulesemenilor

Seychellois Creole

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Etymology

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FromFrenchchemin.

Noun

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semen

  1. road,street

References

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  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet,Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinsēmen.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsemen/[ˈse.mẽn]
  • Rhymes:-emen
  • Syllabification:se‧men

Noun

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semen m (uncountable)

  1. semen,sperm
    Mi amigo me preguntó si era saludable tragarse su propiosemen.
    My friend asked me if it was healthy to swallow his ownsemen.
    La última vez que estuve en un acto sexual yo era elsemen.
    The last time I was in a sex act I was thesemen.

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Veps

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Etymology

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FromProto-Finnic*seemen, from aBaltic language, fromProto-Indo-European*séh₁mn̥.

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semen

  1. seed

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Inflection ofsemen (inflection type 22/homen)
nominative sing.semen
genitive sing.semnen
partitive sing.sement
partitive plur.semnid
singularplural
nominativesemensemned
accusativesemnensemned
genitivesemnensemniden
partitivesementsemnid
essive-instructivesemnensemnin
translativesemnekssemnikš
inessivesemnessemniš
elativesemnespäisemnišpäi
illativesemnehesemnihe
adessivesemnelsemnil
ablativesemnelpäisemnilpäi
allativesemnelesemnile
abessivesemnetasemnita
comitativesemnenkesemnidenke
prolativesementmesemnidme
approximative Isemnennosemnidenno
approximative IIsemnennokssemnidennoks
egressivesemnennopäisemnidennopäi
terminative Isemnehesaisemnihesai
terminative IIsemnelesaisemnilesai
terminative IIIsemnessai—
additive Isemnehepäisemnihepäi
additive IIsemnelepäisemnilepäi

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References

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  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “семя”, inUz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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