See also: semé, sémě, sème, śeme, and şeme

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma).

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Noun edit

seme (plural semes or semata)

  1. (linguistics, semiotics) Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation, sign, or symbol.
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

seme (third-person singular simple present semes, present participle seming, simple past and past participle semed)

  1. Obsolete form of seem.

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

seme (plural semes)

  1. Obsolete form of seam.

Etymology 4 edit

Adjective edit

seme

  1. Obsolete form of semé.

Etymology 5 edit

Borrowed from Japanese 攻め (seme), derived from the verb 攻める (semeru, to attack).

Noun edit

seme (plural semes or seme)

  1. (Japanese fiction, fandom slang) An active or dominant male character in a same-sex relationship; a top.
    • 2008, Dru Pagliassotti, “Better Than Romance? Japanese BL Manga and the Subgenre of Male/Male Romantic Fiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre[1], McFarland & Company (2008), →ISBN, page 73:
      [] BL manga readers chose intelligence, protectiveness, and beauty/handsomeness as the top three most important traits in a seme []
    • 2010, Pentabu, My Girlfriend's a Geek[2], volume 1, Yen Press (2012), →ISBN:
      Sebas has always been the seme.
    • 2011, Robin E. Brenner, Snow Wildsmith, “Love through a DIfferent Lens: Japanese Homoerotic Manga through the Eyes of American Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Other Sexualities Readers”, in Timothy Perper, Martha Cornog, editors, Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World[3], Libraries Unlimited (2011), →ISBN, page 97:
      The seme is larger, stronger, and more traditionally masculine, while the uke is smaller, weaker, and more feminine.
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Asturian edit

Verb edit

seme

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of semar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of semar

Basque edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Basque *senbe.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /s̺eme/ [s̺e.me]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eme
  • Hyphenation: se‧me

Noun edit

seme anim

  1. son

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Further reading edit

  • "seme" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • seme” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Latin sēmen.

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seme m (plural semes)

  1. semen
    Synonyms: esperma, inzo

Hadza edit

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seme

  1. (intransitive) to eat

Noun edit

seme m

  1. food

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Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin sēmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

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Noun edit

seme m (plural semi)

  1. (botany) seed, pip
  2. (botany, in some cases) bean
  3. (anatomy, colloquial) semen
    Synonym: sperma
  4. (card games) suit

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Romanization edit

seme

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せめ

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Old Norse sœmr, from Proto-Germanic *sōmiz.

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Adjective edit

seme

  1. Seemly, appropriate, honourable.
  2. (rare) Attractive, beautiful.
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

seme

  1. Alternative form of seem (seam)

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

seme

  1. Alternative form of seem (load)

Etymology 4 edit

Verb edit

seme

  1. Alternative form of semen (to sort out)

Etymology 5 edit

Verb edit

seme

  1. Alternative form of semen (to seem)

Etymology 6 edit

Verb edit

seme

  1. Alternative form of semen (to load up)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sême/
  • Hyphenation: se‧me

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sȅme n (Cyrillic spelling се̏ме)

  1. seed
  2. germ
  3. semen
  4. spawn
  5. milt
  6. offspring
  7. prime cause

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Slovene edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *sěmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

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Noun edit

sẹ́me n

  1. seed

Inflection edit

Declension of seme (neuter, n-stem)
nom. sing. seme
gen. sing. semena
singular dual plural
nominative seme semeni semena
accusative seme semeni semena
genitive semena semen semen
dative semenu semenoma semenom
locative semenu semenih semenih
instrumental semenom semenoma semeni

Further reading edit

  • seme”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • seme”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈseme/ [ˈse.me]
  • Rhymes: -eme
  • Syllabification: se‧me

Verb edit

seme

  1. inflection of ser:
    1. second-person singular imperative combined with me
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with me

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Adjective edit

seme

  1. feminine plural of semo