seme

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.1.1 Related terms 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Verb 1.3 Anagrams 2 Basque 2.1 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Related terms 4 Serbo-Croatian 4.1 Alternative forms 4.2 Etymology 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Declension 5 Slovene 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

seme (plural semes or semata)

1. (linguistics, semiotics) Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation or sign.

[edit] Related terms

• semantics
• semiotics

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Verb

to seme (third-person singular simple present semes, present participle semeing, simple past and past participle semed)

1. Obsolete spelling of seem.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eems
• Esme, Esmé
• seem
• smee

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Noun

seme

1. son

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[edit] Italian

Wikipedia ^it

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈseme]
• enPR: séme, IPA: /ˈseme/, SAMPA: /"seme/

[edit] Etymology

Latin semen

[edit] Noun

seme m. (plural semi)

1. seed
2. pip
3. bean (in some cases)

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• semaio
• sementa
• semente
• semenza
• semina
• seminare

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): sjȅme

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěmę, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

[edit] Noun

sȅme n. (Cyrillic spelling се̏ме)

1. seed
2. germ
3. semen
4. spawn
5. milt
6. offspring
7. prime cause

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěmę, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

[edit] Noun

seme n.

1. seed