semen

See also: semèn and sêmen

EnglishEdit

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Semen

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin sēmen (“seed”)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

Semen

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.

SynonymsEdit

(Male reproductory fluid): ejaculate, sperm; (slang): jissom, jism, jizz, spunk, cum, seed, spurt, spooge, load
See also Wikisaurus:semen

TranslationsEdit

male reproductory fluid

Albanian: spermë f, lëng seminal m
Arabic: منى m (máni)

Egyptian Arabic: مني m (mani), لبن m (laban) (vulgar)
Armenian: սերմ (serm), սերմնահեղուկ (sermnahełuk)
Asturian: semen (ast) m
Azeri: toxum
Bashkir: мәней (mäney), аталыҡ орлоғо (atalïq orloğo)
Basque: hazi
Belarusian: сперма f (spjérma), семя (be) n (sjémja), кнура f (knurá), насенне n (nasjénnje)
Bengali: বীর্য (birjô)
Bulgarian: спéрма f (spérma), семенна течност f (semenna tečnost)
Catalan: esperma (ca) f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 精液 (zing1 jik6)

Mandarin: 精液 (zh) (jīngyè)

Min Nan: 精水 (cheng-chúi), 潲 (zh-min-nan) (siâu)
Czech: semeno n, ejakulát (cs) m, sperma (cs) n
Danish: sæd (da)
Dutch: sperma (nl)
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
Georgian: თესლი (ka) (t’esli), სპერმა (sperma)
German: Samen (de) m
Greek: σπέρμα (el) n (spérma)
Gujarati: વીર્ય (vīrya)
Hebrew: זֶרַע (he) m (zera'), זִרְמָה f (zirma)
Hindi: वीर्य m (vīrya), शुक्र (hi) m (śukra)
Hungarian: ondó (hu)
Icelandic: sæði n, sáð n, sáðvökvi m, brundur m
Indonesian: air mani
Irish: seamhan m, síol m

Italian: seme (it) m
Japanese: 精液 (ja) (せいえき, seieki), ザーメン (zāmen)
Khmer: ទឹកកាម (tɨk kaam)
Korean: 정액 (ko) (jeong-aek) (精液 (ko)), (slang) 좆물 (jonmul),
Kurdish: تۆو (ku), تۆماو, تۆم (ku), sperma (ku)
Latin: sēmen n
Latvian: sēkla (lv) f, sperma f
Lithuanian: sperma f, sėkla (lt) f
Malay: mani
Malayalam: ശുക്ലം (ml) (śuklaṃ)
Maori: waitātea
Marathi: रेत (ret)
Norwegian: sæd m
Persian: منی (fa) (mani), اسپرم (fa) (esperm)

Middle Persian: šuhr
Polish: sperma (pl) f, nasienie (pl) n
Portuguese: sêmen (pt) m
Romanian: spermă (ro) f
Russian: семя (ru) n (sémja), сперма (ru) f (spérma), эякулят (ru) m (ejakulját), молофья (ru) f (molofʹjá) (vulgar)
Sanskrit: रेतस् n (retas)
Slovene: séme n, spêrma f
Spanish: semen (es) m
Swedish: sädesvätska (sv), sperma (sv), sagge (sv) c
Tagalog: punlay, tabod, tamod, semilya
Tajik: тухмӣ (tuxmī)
Tamil: விந்து (ta) (vintu)
Telugu: వీర్యము (te) (vīryamu), రేతస్సు (te) (rētassu)
Thai: น้ำอสุจิ (náam à-sù-jì)
Turkish: meni (tr), sperm (tr), döl (tr), atmık (tr)
Ukrainian: сперма f (spérma), сім'я f (sím'ja), еякулят m (ejakulját), насіння n (nasínnja)
Urdu: ویریہ m (vīrya), منی
Vietnamese: tinh dịch (vi)
Yiddish: זרע (zre), זומען (zumen)

AnagramsEdit

mesne
neems

AsturianEdit

VerbEdit

semen

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

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

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Semen

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EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.men/, [ˈseː.mẽ]

NounEdit

sēmen n (genitive sēminis); third declension

seed (of plants)

Semen manu spargere. ― To scatter seed by hand.
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 semina convolvunt e nubibus.
  
  and the seeds of fire roll from the clouds.

InflectionEdit

Third declension neuter.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	sēmen	sēmina
genitive	sēminis	sēminum
dative	sēminī	sēminibus
accusative	sēmen	sēmina
ablative	sēmine	sēminibus
vocative	sēmen	sēmina

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DescendantsEdit

English: semen
Italian: seme
Spanish: semen

Middle EnglishEdit

VerbEdit

semen

to seem
- 14^th 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

SpanishEdit

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Semen

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin sēmen.

NounEdit

semen m (uncountable)

semen, sperm

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