simiente

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish simiente, semiente, from Latin sēmentis, from sēmen (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈmjente/ [siˈmjẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: si‧mien‧te

Noun

simiente f (plural simientes)

1. (botany, biology) germ
2. (botany) seed
3. semen

Derived terms

• sementera
• simiente de papagayos

Further reading

• “simiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025