sem
Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
sem
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sem (plural sems)
Anagrams[edit]
Bahnar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bahnaric *ceː₂m, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sem
Catalan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- som (Northern Catalan, standard)
Verb[edit]
sem
- (Northern Catalan, Alghero) first-person plural present indicative form of ésser
- (Northern Catalan, Alghero) first-person plural present indicative form of ser
Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From clipping of English semester.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sem
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) semester (Classifier: 個/个 c)
References[edit]
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Czech sěmo, from Proto-Slavic *sěmo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
sem
Eskayan[edit]
Numeral[edit]
sem
Hungarian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
sem (clitic)
- …, neither (or not…, either)
- Julit sem láttam. ― I didn’t see Juli, either. [aside from not having seen another person]
- Én sem láttam Julit. ― I didn’t see Juli, either. [aside from other people who haven't seen her]
- not even
- Meg sem próbálta. ― S/he didn’t even try it.
Conjunction[edit]
sem (paired)
Usage notes[edit]
The word sem and nincs, nincsen (“it/there isn't”) are contracted into the forms sincs, sincsen (“it/there isn't, either”).
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- sem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse sem (“as, like”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
sem
- (with a noun phrase) as, like
- Hann var sem guð meðal manna.
- He was like a god amongst men.
- Hár hennar var hvítt sem snjór.
- Her hair was white as snow.
- Hann er sem nýr.
- He is as [good as] new.
- Vista sem…
- Save as…
- (with a clause) like, as if
- Svo virðist sem sjúkdómurinn sé arfgengur
- Is seems as though the disease is hereditary.
- (relative, with a clause) who, which, that
- Þetta er maðurinn sem ég hitti í gær.
- That’s the man that I met yesterday.
- Þetta er konan sem barði mig.
- That’s the woman who hit me.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
sem (weak)
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
sem
- Alternative form of seem (“seam”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
sem
- Alternative form of seem (“load”)
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Possibly from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
sem
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: sem
- Faroese: sum (from East Nordic)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: (dialectal) sem, se
- Old Swedish: sum, som
- Danish: som
- Norwegian Bokmål: som
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
sem
- inflection of semja:
References[edit]
- “sem”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Tupi[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
sem
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese sen, from Latin sine, from Proto-Indo-European *sene.
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
sem
- -less; without (not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.)
- (followed by infinitive) without (not doing or not having done something)
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:sem.
Synonyms[edit]
- (not having): desprovido de, falto de
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Ambonese Malay: seng
Romani[edit]
Verb[edit]
sem
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
sem (Cyrillic spelling сем)
Further reading[edit]
- “sem” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *sěmo.
Adverb[edit]
sem
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *esmь.
Verb[edit]
sə̏m
Further reading[edit]
- “sem”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Tok Pisin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sem
Zou[edit]
Noun[edit]
sem
References[edit]
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- ISO 639-2
- ISO 639-5
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛm
- Rhymes:English/ɛm/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English clippings
- Bahnar terms inherited from Proto-Bahnaric
- Bahnar terms derived from Proto-Bahnaric
- Bahnar terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Bahnar terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Bahnar terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bahnar lemmas
- Bahnar nouns
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan verb forms
- Cantonese terms borrowed from English
- Cantonese terms derived from English
- Chinese lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Chinese nouns
- Cantonese nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hong Kong Cantonese
- zh:Universities
- Chinese student slang
- Chinese nouns classified by 個/个
- Cantonese terms with usage examples
- Chinese terms written in foreign scripts
- Czech terms inherited from Old Czech
- Czech terms derived from Old Czech
- Czech terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech terms with audio links
- Czech lemmas
- Czech adverbs
- Eskayan lemmas
- Eskayan numerals
- Eskayan cardinal numbers
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛm
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛm/1 syllable
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian conjunctions
- Hungarian clitics
- Hungarian terms with usage examples
- Hungarian three-letter words
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːm
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːm/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic conjunctions
- Icelandic terms with usage examples
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic verb forms
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse conjunctions
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
- Old Norse verb forms
- Old Tupi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Tupi lemmas
- Old Tupi verbs
- Old Tupi terms with usage examples
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 1-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃j̃
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃j̃/1 syllable
- Portuguese terms with homophones
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese prepositions
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Romani non-lemma forms
- Romani verb forms
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian prepositions
- Slovene 1-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene adverbs
- Slovene non-lemma forms
- Slovene verb forms
- Tok Pisin terms derived from English
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin adjectives
- Tok Pisin terms with quotations
- Zou lemmas
- Zou nouns