sperm
English
Etymology
From Middle French sperme, from Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
- Hyphenation: sperm
Noun
sperm (countable and uncountable, plural sperm or sperms)
- (countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
- 2012, Sarah Whitehouse, The Guardian, 13 Apr 2012:
- Seeing the two little moving cells – the result of her egg and Luke's sperm – was incredible, and two very long weeks later the clinic confirmed I was pregnant.
- 2012, Sarah Whitehouse, The Guardian, 13 Apr 2012:
- (uncountable, slang) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
- (chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.
Synonyms
- (generative substance): cum (vulgar slang), semen
- (reproductive cell): spermatozoon, sperm cell
Hypernyms
- (reproductive cell): gamete
Derived terms
Derived terms
- angiosperm
- asthenospermic
- endosperm
- gymnosperm
- gymnospermous
- monospermy
- monospermous
- perisperm
- polyspermy
- polyspermic
- polyspermous
- spermary
- spermatheca
- spermatic
- spermatid
- spermatocyte
- spermatogenesis
- spermatogenetic
- spermatogenous
- spermatogonium
- spermatoid
- spermatophyte, spermophyte
- spermatorrhea, spermatorrhoea
- spermatozoal
- spermatozoon
Translations
cell
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semen (fluid)
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sperm oil, spermaceti
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Verb
sperm (third-person singular simple present sperms, present participle sperming, simple past and past participle spermed)
- (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate on or into.
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma) (sense 1).
Noun
sperm m (definite singular spermen, uncountable)
- sperm
- short for spermasett (spermaceti); see spermhval.
Synonyms
Related terms
Verb
sperm
References
- “sperm” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Turkish
Noun
sperm
- semen (male reproductory fluid)
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