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semen

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See also: Semen, sémen, semèn, and sêmen

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English semen, from Latin sēmen (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow; plant”).

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semen (usually uncountable, plural semens)

  2. A sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 152:
      Then add four drops of crocodile semen, and pass the mixture through a filter.
    • 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 80:
      Sharp protein odor of semen fills the air.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 162:
      In the Sumerian language the word for water also means semen, and since Enki is the god of water, he is therefore the god of semen. In this ode to the Great Father, the land of the Sumerians is literally awash with semen.

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Asturian

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semen

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

Catalan

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Learned borrowing from Latin sēmen.

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semen m (plural sèmens or sémens)

  1. semen, sperm
    Synonym: esperma

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Czech

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semen

  1. genitive plural of semeno

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin sēmen (“semen, seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow; plant”).

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sèmèn (plural semen-semen)

  1. (biology) semen
    Synonyms: air mani, benih mani
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Dutch cement (“cement”), from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“I cut, hew”). Cognate with Afrikaans sement (“cement”). The sense “cementum” is a semantic loan from English cement.

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sêmèn (plural semen-semen)

  1. cement
  2. cementum
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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sêmèn (plural semen-semen)

  1. (fashion) batik pattern depicting a garuda with two wings, a tail, and a mountain, generally dark blue with a gold pattern

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *sēmən, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ (“seed”).

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    sēmen n (genitive sēminis); third declension

    1. seed (of plants)
      Sēmen manū spargere. ― To scatter seed by hand.
      • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 15.52:
        Omittō enim vim ipsam omnium, quae generantur ē terrā; quae ex fīcī tantulō grānō aut ex acinī vīnāceō aut ex cēterārum frūgum aut stirpium minūtissimīs sēminibus tantōs truncōs rāmōsque prōcreet.
        For I pass over the inherent power of all things that are born of the earth — [that force] which, from so small a fig seed or grape-stone, or the tiniest seeds of other fruits and plants, can bring forth such massive trunks and branches.
        (Note the distinction made between a comparatively large granum and the smallest sēmen.)
      • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.221–222:
        ‘prīma per immēnsās sparsī nova sēmina gentēs!
        ūnīus tellūs ante colōris erat.’
        “First [it was] I [who] scattered new seeds throughout countless nations!
        Previously the earth was of [but] one color.”
        (The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)
      • LVCAS, IIX V:
        "Īvit sator quīdam satum suum sēmen..."
        "A farmer went out to sow his seed..."
    2. semen
    3. graft
    4. offspring
    5. cause
    6. (poetic) seed (of the elements of other bodies (of fire, water, stones, etc.))

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    Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative sēmen sēmina
    genitive sēminis sēminum
    dative sēminī sēminibus
    accusative sēmen sēmina
    ablative sēmine sēminibus
    vocative sēmen sēmina

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    References

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    • “semen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “semen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "semen", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • the elements and first beginnings: elementa et tamquam semina rerum
      • to sow: serere; semen spargere

    Maltese

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    Root
    s-m-n
    10 terms

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    Etymology

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    From Arabic سَمْن (samn).

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    semen m

    1. butter
      Synonym: butir

    Mauritian Creole

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    Etymology

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    From French chemin.

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    semen

    1. road, street

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    • Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

    Middle English

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    Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Old English sēman, from Proto-West Germanic *sōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną.

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      semen (third-person singular simple present semeth, present participle semende, semynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle semed)

      1. (Early Middle English) To sort out; to resolve, subdue, or confirm.
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      Conjugation of semen (weak in -ed)
      infinitive (to) semen, seme
      present tense past tense
      1st-person singular seme semed
      2nd-person singular semest semedest
      3rd-person singular semeth semed
      subjunctive singular seme
      imperative singular —
      plural1 semen, seme semeden, semede
      imperative plural semeth, seme —
      participles semynge, semende semed, ysemed

      1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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      Etymology 2

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        Borrowed from Old Norse sœma, from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną, thus a doublet of Etymology 1.

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        semen (third-person singular simple present semeth, present participle semende, semynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle semed)

        1. To seem (to be); to look or be perceived as.
          • 14th 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
        2. To appear; to become visible or discernible.
        3. To believe or assume; to develop a belief:
          1. To deem or consider; to form a judgement.
          2. To consider to be appropriate; to judge as suitable.
        4. To be appropriate or right; to suit or befit.
        5. (rare) To exist; to be extant.
        Conjugation
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        Conjugation of semen (weak in -ed)
        infinitive (to) semen, seme
        present tense past tense
        1st-person singular seme semed
        2nd-person singular semest semedest
        3rd-person singular semeth semed
        subjunctive singular seme
        imperative singular —
        plural1 semen, seme semeden, semede
        imperative plural semeth, seme —
        participles semynge, semende semed, ysemed

        1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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        Etymology 3

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          Inherited from Old English sīman, sēman, from Proto-West Germanic *saumijan; equivalent to seem (“load”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

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          • IPA(key): /ˈseːmən/, /ˈsɛːmən/

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          semen (third-person singular simple present semeth, present participle semende, semynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle semed)

          1. To load up or with; to place upon.
          2. (figuratively, rare) To be burdensome or grievous.
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          Conjugation of semen (weak in -ed/-de)
          infinitive (to) semen, seme
          present tense past tense
          1st-person singular seme semed, semde
          2nd-person singular semest semedest, semdest
          3rd-person singular semeth semed, semde
          subjunctive singular seme
          imperative singular —
          plural1 semen, seme semeden, semede, semden, semde
          imperative plural semeth, seme —
          participles semynge, semende semed, ysemed

          1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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          Etymology

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          Back-formation from semăna.

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          semen m (plural semeni)

          1. fellow human

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          singular plural
          indefinite definite indefinite definite
          nominative-accusative semen semenul semeni semenii
          genitive-dative semen semenului semeni semenilor
          vocative semenule semenilor

          Seychellois Creole

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          Etymology

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          From French chemin.

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          semen

          1. road, street

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          • D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from Latin sēmen.

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          • IPA(key): /ˈsemen/ [ˈse.mẽn]
          • Rhymes: -emen
          • Syllabification: se‧men

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          semen m (uncountable)

          1. semen, sperm
            Mi amigo me preguntó si era saludable tragarse su propio semen.
            My friend asked me if it was healthy to swallow his own semen.
            La última vez que estuve en un acto sexual yo era el semen.
            The last time I was in a sex act I was the semen.
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          Etymology

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          From Proto-Finnic *seemen, from a Baltic language, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

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          semen

          1. seed

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          Inflection of semen (inflection type 22/homen)
          nominative sing. semen
          genitive sing. semnen
          partitive sing. sement
          partitive plur. semnid
          singular plural
          nominative semen semned
          accusative semnen semned
          genitive semnen semniden
          partitive sement semnid
          essive-instructive semnen semnin
          translative semneks semnikš
          inessive semnes semniš
          elative semnespäi semnišpäi
          illative semnehe semnihe
          adessive semnel semnil
          ablative semnelpäi semnilpäi
          allative semnele semnile
          abessive semneta semnita
          comitative semnenke semnidenke
          prolative sementme semnidme
          approximative I semnenno semnidenno
          approximative II semnennoks semnidennoks
          egressive semnennopäi semnidennopäi
          terminative I semnehesai semnihesai
          terminative II semnelesai semnilesai
          terminative III semnessai —
          additive I semnehepäi semnihepäi
          additive II semnelepäi semnilepäi

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          • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “семя”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

          Welsh

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from English semen.

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          semen m (uncountable, not mutable)

          1. semen
            Synonym: had

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          • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “semen”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
          • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “semen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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