semen

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Latin 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Inflection 2.1.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːmən

[edit] Homophones

• seamen

[edit] Etymology

From Latin sēmen (“‘seed’”)

[edit] Noun

semen (uncountable)

1. The fluid, produced in male reproductive organs of an animal, that contains the reproductive cells.

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eemns
• mesne
• neems

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

sēmen (genitive sēminis); n, 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.))
   • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura

     et ignis semina convolvunt e nubibus.

     and the seeds of fire roll from the clouds.

[edit] Inflection

Third declension, neuter variation (3:N).

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

[edit] Derived terms

sēmentifer sēminālia sēminālis sēminārium sēminārius sēminātiō

sēminātor sēminium sēminiverbius sēminō sēminōsus