semen

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Semen

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin sēmen (“seed”)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːmən/

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• Rhymes: -iːmən
• Homophone: seamen

NounEdit

Semen

semen (uncountable)

1. 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

AnagramsEdit

• mesne
• neems

VerbEdit

semen

1. third-person plural present indicative of semar
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of semar

NounEdit

semen

1. cement (a powdered substance)
2. The fluid, produced in male reproductive organs of an animal, that contains the reproductive cells.

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Semen

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EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

NounEdit

sēmen n (genitive sēminis); third declension

1. seed (of plants)

   Semen manu spargere. — To scatter seed by hand.

2. semen
3. graft
4. offspring
5. cause
6. (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 variation (3:N). Third declension neuter.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

• English: semen
• Italian: seme
• Spanish: semen

VerbEdit

semen

1. 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

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Semen

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin sēmen.

NounEdit

semen m (uncountable)

1. semen, sperm

Related termsEdit

• semilla
• inseminar