semente
See also: sementé
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semente
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Attested since the 13th century. From Latin sēmentis, sēmentem.
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Noun edit
semente f (plural sementes)
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- “semente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “semente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “semente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “semente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “semente” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
semente
- inflection of sementar:
Italian edit
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin sēmentem.
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Noun edit
semente f (plural sementi)
- seed (all the seeds of a species destined to inseminate an area of land)
- 2020 September, Antonio Pennacchi, “Capitolo secondo [Second Chapter]”, in La strada del mare (overall work in Italian, Venetian, English, and French), Milan: Mondadori Libri S.p.A., →ISBN, page 217:
- Pure adesso – quando serve una vanga o una semente, o c’è da far riparare il trattore – la gente non va a Sabaudia, va a Pontinia.
- Even nowadays, when there's need for a shovel, or a seed, or to fix a tractor, people don't go to Sabaudia: they go to Pontinia.
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- semente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
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sēmente
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sēmentem, from sēmen (“seed”). Doublet of sêmen / sémen.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
semente f (plural sementes)