semé

See also: seme, śeme, and sème

English

The arms of Jean Jacques Basilien de Gassendi are gules, semy of stars argent, with a canton checky.

Alternative forms

• semy, seme, semee, semée, seméed

Etymology

From French semé (“sown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈmeɪ/

Adjective

semé (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Sprinkled, sown, strewn: said of a field or charge when strewn with small (identical) charges.

Related terms

• semé-de-lis

References

• “semé”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Esme, Esmé, emes, mese, seem, smee

Asturian

Verb

semé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of semar

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

semé (feminine semée, masculine plural semés, feminine plural semées)

1. dotted, riddled

   Cette lettre sera semée de mensonges

   That letter will be riddled with lies

2. (heraldry) sprinkled or sown; said of a field or charge when strewn with small charges

Participle

semé (feminine semée, masculine plural semés, feminine plural semées)

1. past participle of semer

Further reading

• “semé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.