semen
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
semen (uncountable)
- A slimy, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.
- 1959, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, page 68
- Sharp protein odor of semen fills the air.
- 1959, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, page 68
SynonymsEdit
- (Male reproductory fluid): ejaculate, sperm; (slang): jissom, jism, jizz, spunk, cum, seed, spurt, spooge, splooge, load
- See also Wikisaurus:semen
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
male reproductory fluid
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AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
IndonesianEdit
NounEdit
semen
- cement (a powdered substance)
- The fluid, produced in male reproductive organs of an animal, that contains the reproductive cells.
This Indonesian entry was created from the translations listed at cement. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see semen in the Indonesian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) February 2010
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sēmen n (genitive sēminis); third declension
- seed (of plants)
- semen
- graft
- offspring
- cause
- (poetic) seed (of the elements of other bodies (of fire, water, stones, etc.))
InflectionEdit
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sēmen | sēmina |
| genitive | sēminis | sēminum |
| dative | sēminī | sēminibus |
| accusative | sēmen | sēmina |
| ablative | sēmine | sēminibus |
| vocative | sēmen | sēmina |
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from semen
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- semen in Charlton T. Lewis & 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the elements and first beginnings: elementa et tamquam semina rerum
- to sow: serere; semen spargere
- the elements and first beginnings: elementa et tamquam semina rerum
Middle EnglishEdit
VerbEdit
semen
- to seem
- 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 it semeþ þat it wolde felle an ook
- The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro
- 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
SpanishEdit
VepsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *seemen, from a Baltic language, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.
NounEdit
semen
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of semen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ? | 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 | ? | semnihesai | |
| terminative II | semnelesai | semnilesai | |
| terminative III | semnessai | — | |
| additive I | ? | semnihepäi | |
| additive II | semnelepäi | semnilepäi | |
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “семя”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika