semente

See also: sementé

Asturian

Verb

semente

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of sementar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of sementar

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 13th century. From Latin sēmentis, sēmentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈmɛnte̝/

Noun

semente f (plural sementes)

1. seed (of a plant)
2. sowing

Derived terms

• sementeira
• sementeiro

Related terms

• seme

References

• “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

Verb

semente

1. inflection of sementar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Alternative forms

• sementa

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēmentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: se‧mén‧te

Noun

semente f (plural sementi)

1. 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.

See also

• seme

Further reading

• semente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

sēmente

1. ablative singular of sēmentis

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sēmentem, from sēmen (“seed”). Doublet of sêmen / sémen.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈmẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Homophone: se mente (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: se‧men‧te

• Audio (Brazil)

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Noun

semente f (plural sementes)

1. seed
2. (figurative) source, origin

Related terms

• semear
• sementeira