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See also: Semen, sémen, semèn, and sêmen

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:semenWikipedia

Etymology

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From Middle English semen, from Latin sēmen (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow; plant”).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈsiːmən/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -iːmən
Homophone: seaman

Noun

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semen (usually uncountable, plural semens)

A sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.
- 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 152:Then add four drops of crocodile semen, and pass the mixture through a filter.
- 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 80:Sharp protein odor of semen 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., page 162:In the Sumerian language the word for water also means semen, and since Enki is the god of water, he is therefore the god of semen. In this ode to the Great Father, the land of the Sumerians is literally awash with semen.

Synonyms

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(male reproductory fluid): ejaculate, sperm; (slang): jissom, jism, jizz, balljuice, spunk, cum, seed, spurt, spooge, splooge, load, skeet, squirt, nut
See also Thesaurus:semen

Derived terms

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semen demon
semenlike
semenologist
semen virile
semeny
seminoma

Translations

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Abkhaz: аӷьаӡ (ağʲadz)
Akkadian: riḫūtu f
Albanian: spermë (sq) f, lëng seminal m
Arabic: مَنِيّ m (maniyy) Egyptian Arabic: مني m (mani), لبن m (laban) (vulgar)
Armenian: սերմ (hy) (serm), սերմնահեղուկ (hy) (sermnaheġuk)
Asturian: semen (ast) m
Azerbaijani: toxum (az)
Bashkir: мәней (məney), аталыҡ орлоғо (atalıq orloğo)
Basque: hazi
Belarusian: спе́рма f (spjérma), се́мя (be) n (sjémja), кнура́ f (knurá), насе́нне n (nasjénnje)
Bengali: বীর্য (bn) (birjo)
Bikol Central: kasit (bcl)
Bulgarian: спе́рма f (spérma), семенна течност f (semenna tečnost)
Burmese: သုက် (my) (suk), သုက်ရည် (suk-rany)
Catalan: esperma (ca) f
Chinese: Cantonese: 精液 (zing1 jik6), 精 (zing1) Hokkien: 精水 (cheng-chúi), 潲 (zh-min-nan) (siâu) Mandarin: 精液 (zh) (jīngyè), 㞞 / 𪨊 (zh) (sóng)
Czech: semeno (cs) n, ejakulát (cs) m, sperma (cs) n
Danish: sæd (da)
Dutch: sperma (nl)
Dzongkha: ཐིག་ལེ (thig le)
Egyptian:

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Esperanto: ejakulaĵo, spermo
Estonian: seemnevedelik, sperma (et)
Faroese: sáð n, spin n
Finnish: siemenneste (fi), sperma (fi)
French: semence (fr) f, sperme (fr) m
Galician: seme (gl) m
Gamilaraay: barabin
Georgian: სპერმა (sṗerma), თესლი (ka) (tesli) (mildly vulgar)
German: Samen (de) m, Sperma (de) n
Greek: σπέρμα (el) n (spérma) Ancient: θορός m (thorós)
Greenlandic: anisooq, peersaq
Gujarati: વીર્ય (vīrya)
Hebrew: זֶרַע (he) m (zera'), זִרְמָה f (zirma)
Hindi: वीर्य (hi) m (vīrya), शुक्र (hi) m (śukra), बीज (hi) (bīj) (seed), धात (hi) (dhāt), धातु (hi) (dhātu), मनी (hi) (manī), रेतस् (hi) (retas)
Hungarian: ondó (hu)
Icelandic: sæði (is) n, sáð n, sáðvökvi m, brundur m
Indonesian: air mani, semen (id), sperma (id)
Irish: seamhan m, síol m
Italian: sperma (it) m, seme (it) m
Japanese: 精液 (ja) (せいえき, seieki), ザーメン (ja) (zāmen)
Karok: síshaf
Khmer: ទឹកកាម (km) (tɨk kaam)
Korean: 정액(精液) (ko) (jeong'aek), (slang) 좆물 (jonmul),
Kurdish: Central Kurdish: تۆواو (towaw) Northern Kurdish: tovav f
Kyrgyz: сперма (ky) (sperma)
Lao: ອະສຸຈິ (ʼa su chi), ນ້ຳກາມ (nam kām)
Latin: sēmen n
Latvian: sēkla (lv) f, sperma f
Lithuanian: sperma f, sėkla (lt) f
Macedonian: сперма f (sperma)
Malay: mani (ms)
Malayalam: ശുക്ലം (ml) (śuklaṁ)
Maltese: liba f
Manchu: ᠣᠣᡵᡳ (oori)
Maori: waitātea
Marathi: रेत (ret)
Middle English: seed
Navajo: íígąsh
Norwegian: sæd m
Old Czech: chám m
Persian: منی (fa) (mani), اسپرم (fa) (esperm) Middle Persian: šuhr
Polish: sperma (pl) f, nasienie (pl) n
Portuguese: sêmen (pt) m, sémen (pt) m
Romanian: spermă (ro) f
Russian: се́мя (ru) n (sémja), спе́рма (ru) f (spérma), эякуля́т (ru) m (ejakulját), молофья́ (ru) f (molofʹjá) (vulgar)
Sami: Inari: siemâkolgos Northern: siemagolggus Skolt: siõmkoolǥâs
Sanskrit: रेतस् (sa) n (retas)
Serbo-Croatian: sjeme (sh) n, ejakulat (sh) m, svršotina f Cyrillic: сперма f Roman: sperma (sh) f
Shan: ၼမ်ႉၸိူဝ်ႉ (nâ̰m tsô̰e)
Slovak: sperma f, semeno n
Slovene: séme (sl) n, spêrma (sl) f
Spanish: semen (es) m, simiente (es) f
Sumerian: 𒀀 (a)
Swahili: shahawa, manii (sw)
Swedish: säd (sv),sädesvätska (sv), sperma (sv), sagge (sv) c
Tagalog: punlay, tabod, tamod, semilya, danupunlay
Tajik: тухмӣ (tuxmi), манӣ (mani)
Tamil: விந்து (ta) (vintu)
Telugu: వీర్యము (te) (vīryamu), రేతస్సు (te) (rētassu)
Thai: อสุจิ (th) (à-sù-jì), น้ำกาม (th) (náam-gaam)
Tibetan: ཐིག་ལེ (thig le)
Tocharian B: śukkär
Tsou: nan'i
Turkish: meni (tr), sperm (tr), döl (tr), atmık (tr)
Ukrainian: спе́рма f (spérma), сі́м'я f (símʺja), еякуля́т m (ejakulját), насі́ння (uk) n (nasínnja)
Urdu: ویریہ m (vīrya), منی
Uzbek: sperma (uz)
Vietnamese: tinh dịch (vi) (精液)
Welsh: semen (cy) m, had (cy) m (literally “seed”)
Yiddish: זוימען (zoymen)
Zazaki: sêmeni

semen (fluid) — see sperm

Anagrams

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menes, mense, mesen, mesne, neems

Asturian

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Verb

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semen

third-person plural present indicative of semar
third-person plural present subjunctive of semar

Catalan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin sēmen.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛ.mən]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.men]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Noun

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semen m (plural sèmens or sémens)

semen, sperm Synonym: esperma

Czech

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈsɛmɛn]

Noun

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semen

genitive plural of semeno

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin sēmen (“semen, seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow; plant”).

Pronunciation

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(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmɛn/ [ˈsɛ.mɛn]
Rhymes: -ɛmɛn
Syllabification: se‧men

Noun

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sèmèn (plural semen-semen)

(biology) semen Synonyms: air mani, benih mani

Alternative forms

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sémen (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

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persemenan
semenisasi

Related terms

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seminar
seminari
seminaris

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Dutch cement (“cement”), from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“I cut, hew”). Cognate with Afrikaans sement (“cement”). The sense “cementum” is a semantic loan from English cement.

Pronunciation

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(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈmɛn/ [səˈmen]
Rhymes: -ɛn
Syllabification: se‧men

Noun

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sêmèn (plural semen-semen)

cement
cementum

Alternative forms

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(cement): simen (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
(cementum): simentum (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

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bersemen
menyemen
penyemenan
semenan
tersemen

semen asbes
semen hidrolik
semen perekat
semen pozolan

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈmɛn/ [səˈmen]
Rhymes: -ɛn
Syllabification: se‧men

Noun

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sêmèn (plural semen-semen)

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

Latin

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:semenWikipedia la

Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *sēmən, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ (“seed”).

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈseː.mɛn]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛː.men]

Noun

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sēmen n (genitive sēminis); third declension

seed (of plants) Sēmen manū spargere. ― To scatter seed by hand.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.221–222:‘prīma per immēnsās sparsī nova sēmina gentēs!ūnīus tellūs ante colōris erat.’“First [it was] I [who] scattered new seeds throughout countless nations!Previously the earth was of [but] one color.”(The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)
semen
graft
offspring
cause
(poetic) seed (of the elements of other bodies (of fire, water, stones, etc.))
- c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 6:et ignis sēmina convolvunt ē nūbibus.and the seeds of fire roll from the clouds.

Declension

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

singular	plural
nominative	sēmen	sēmina
genitive	sēminis	sēminum
dative	sēminī	sēminibus
accusative	sēmen	sēmina
ablative	sēmine	sēminibus
vocative	sēmen	sēmina

Derived terms

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sēmentifer
sēmentis
sēminālia
sēminālis
sēminārium
sēminārius
sēminātiō
sēminātor
sēminifer
sēminium
sēminiverbius
sēminō
sēminōsus

Descendants

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Italian: seme
Romansch: sem
Venetan: sema
→ Catalan: semen
→ English: semen
→ Middle Irish: semen
- Irish: seamhan
→ Galician: seme
→ Portuguese: sêmen, sémen (Portugal)
→ Spanish: semen, ⇒ semilla

References

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“semen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“semen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"semen", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium 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

Alternative forms

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semel

Etymology

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From Arabic سَمْن (samn).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.mɛn/
Rhymes: -ɛmɛn

Noun

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semen m

butter Synonym: butir

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French chemin.

Noun

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semen

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 from Old English sēman, from Proto-West Germanic *sōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną.

Alternative forms

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seme, semi

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈseːmən/

Verb

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semen (third-person singular simple present semeth, present participle semende, semynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle semed)

(Early Middle English) To sort out; to resolve, subdue, or confirm.

Conjugation

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present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) semen, seme
1st-person singular	seme	semed
2nd-person singular	semest	semedest
3rd-person singular	semeth	semed
subjunctive singular	seme	semed
imperative singular	seme	—
plural1	semen, seme	semeden, semede
imperative plural	semeth, seme	—
participles	semynge, semende	semed, ysemed

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

References

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“sẹ̄men, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Old Norse sœma, from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną, thus a doublet of Etymology 1.

Alternative forms

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cemyn, seeme, seemen, seme, semy, semyn

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈseːmən/

Verb

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semen (third-person singular simple present semeth, present participle semende, semynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle semed)

To seem (to be); to look or be perceived as.
- 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale The brighte swerdes wenten to and froSo hidously þat with þe leste strookThat it semeþ þat it wolde felle an ook
To appear; to become visible or discernible.
To believe or assume; to develop a belief:
1. To deem or consider; to form a judgement.
2. To consider to be appropriate; to judge as suitable.
To be appropriate or right; to suit or befit.
(rare) To exist; to be extant.

Conjugation

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present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) semen, seme
1st-person singular	seme	semed
2nd-person singular	semest	semedest
3rd-person singular	semeth	semed
subjunctive singular	seme	semed
imperative singular	seme	—
plural1	semen, seme	semeden, semede
imperative plural	semeth, seme	—
participles	semynge, semende	semed, ysemed

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

Related terms

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bisemen
seme
semly

Descendants

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English: seem
Scots: seem

References

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“sẹ̄men, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

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Inherited from Old English sīman, sēman, from Proto-West Germanic *saumijan; equivalent to seem (“load”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

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seme

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈseːmən/, /ˈsɛːmən/

Verb

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semen (third-person singular simple present semeth, present participle semende, semynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle semed)

To load up or with; to place upon.
(figuratively, rare) To be burdensome or grievous.

Conjugation

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present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) semen, seme
1st-person singular	seme	semed, semde
2nd-person singular	semest	semedest, semdest
3rd-person singular	semeth	semed, semde
subjunctive singular	seme	semed, semde
imperative singular	seme	—
plural1	semen, seme	semeden, semede, semden, semde
imperative plural	semeth, seme	—
participles	semynge, semende	semed, semd, ysemed, ysemd

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

References

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“sẹ̄men, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Back-formation from semăna.

Noun

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semen m (plural semeni)

fellow human

Declension

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singular		plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	semen	semenul	semeni	semenii
genitive-dative	semen	semenului	semeni	semenilor
vocative	semenule		semenilor

Seychellois Creole

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Etymology

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From French chemin.

Noun

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semen

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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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:semenWikipedia es

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sēmen.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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semen m (uncountable)

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

Related terms

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inseminar
semilla
seminal
seminoma

Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *seemen, from a Baltic language, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

Noun

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semen

seed

Inflection

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Inflection of semen (inflection type 22/homen)
nominative sing.	semen
genitive sing.	semnen
partitive sing.	sement
partitive plur.	semnid
singular	plural
nominative	semen	semned
accusative	semnen	semned
genitive	semnen	semniden
partitive	sement	semnid
essive-instructive	semnen	semnin
translative	semneks	semnikš
inessive	semnes	semniš
elative	semnespäi	semnišpäi
illative	semnehe	semnihe
adessive	semnel	semnil
ablative	semnelpäi	semnilpäi
allative	semnele	semnile
abessive	semneta	semnita
comitative	semnenke	semnidenke
prolative	sementme	semnidme
approximative I	semnenno	semnidenno
approximative II	semnennoks	semnidennoks
egressive	semnennopäi	semnidennopäi
terminative I	semnehesai	semnihesai
terminative II	semnelesai	semnilesai
terminative III	semnessai	—
additive I	semnehepäi	semnihepäi
additive II	semnelepäi	semnilepäi

Derived terms

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semeta
semenjaugaine
semenvilʹlʹ

References

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

Welsh

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English semen.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈsɛmɛn/

Noun

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semen m (uncountable, not mutable)

semen Synonym: had

Derived terms

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semenol (“seminal”)

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Maltese

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Romanian

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