semen
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English semen, from Latin sēmen (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow; plant”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
semen (uncountable)
- A sticky, 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, skeet, squirt, spunk
- See also Thesaurus:semen
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
male reproductory fluid
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semen (fluid) — see sperm
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
VerbEdit
semen
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
semen
IndonesianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
- From Malay semen, from Dutch cement (“cement”), from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“I cut, hew”). Cognate with Afrikaans sement (“cement”).
- The sense “cementum” is a semantic loan from English cement.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sêmèn (plural, first-person possessive semenku, second-person possessive semenmu, third-person possessive semennya)
- cement (powdered substance)
- cement, the layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
Alternative formsEdit
- simen (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Learned borrowing from Latin sēmen (“semen, seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow; plant”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
semen (plural, first-person possessive semenku, second-person possessive semenmu, third-person possessive semennya)
- (medicine) semen, the fluid, produced in male reproductive organs of an animal, that contains the reproductive cells.
- Synonym: air mani
Further readingEdit
- “semen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
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.))
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sēmen | sēmina |
| Genitive | sēminis | sēminum |
| Dative | sēminī | sēminibus |
| Accusative | sēmen | sēmina |
| Ablative | sēmine | sēminibus |
| Vocative | sēmen | sēmina |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- semen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- semen in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- semen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden, Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co., 1894
- 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
Mauritian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
semen
ReferencesEdit
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
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
Seychellois CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
semen
ReferencesEdit
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
semen m (uncountable)
- semen, sperm
- Mi amigo me preguntó si era saludable tragarse su propio semen.
- My friend asked me if it was healthy to swallow his own semen.
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “semen” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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 | |