seme
See also: semé, śeme, and sème
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiːm/
Audio (file)
- Homophones: seam, seem
- Rhymes: -iːm
Noun
seme (plural semes or semata)
- (linguistics, semiotics) Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation, sign, or symbol.
Related terms
- semantics
- semiotics
- sememe
- sememics
Verb
seme (third-person singular simple present semes, present participle seming, simple past and past participle semed)
- Obsolete form of seem.
Noun
seme (plural semes)
- Obsolete form of seam.
Adjective
seme
- Obsolete form of semé.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 46, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821, page 150:
- I bear Azure seme of trefoiles, a Lions Paw in fæce, Or, armed Gules.
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Etymology 5
Borrowed from Japanese 攻め (seme), derived from the verb 攻める (semeru, “to attack”).
Noun
seme (plural semes or seme)
- (Japanese fiction, fandom slang) An active or dominant male character in a same-sex relationship; a top.
- 2008, Dru Pagliassotti, “Better Than Romance? Japanese BL Manga and the Subgenre of Male/Male Romantic Fiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry & Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre, McFarland & Company (2008), →ISBN, page 73:
- […] BL manga readers chose intelligence, protectiveness, and beauty/handsomeness as the top three most important traits in a seme […]
- 2010, Pentabu, My Girlfriend's a Geek, volume 1, Yen Press (2012), →ISBN:
- Sebas has always been the seme.
- 2011, Robin E. Brenner & Snow Wildsmith, “Love through a DIfferent Lens: Japanese Homoerotic Manga through the Eyes of American Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Other Sexualities Readers”, in Timothy Perper & Martha Cornog, editors, Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World, Libraries Unlimited (2011), →ISBN, page 97:
- The seme is larger, stronger, and more traditionally masculine, while the uke is smaller, weaker, and more feminine.
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Antonyms
- uke
Anagrams
- Esme, Esmé, emes, mese, seem, smee
Asturian
Verb
seme
- first-person singular present subjunctive of semar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of semar
Basque
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *senbe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s̺eme/, [s̺e̞.me̞]
Audio (file)
Noun
seme anim
- son
Declension
| Declension of seme (animate, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | seme | semea | semeak |
| ergative | semek | semeak | semeek |
| dative | semeri | semeari | semeei |
| genitive | semeren | semearen | semeen |
| comitative | semerekin | semearekin | semeekin |
| causative | semerengatik | semearengatik | semeengatik |
| benefactive | semerentzat | semearentzat | semeentzat |
| instrumental | semez | semeaz | semeez |
| inessive | semerengan | semearengan | semeengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | semerengana | semearengana | semeengana |
| terminative | semerenganaino | semearenganaino | semeenganaino |
| directive | semerenganantz | semearenganantz | semeenganantz |
| destinative | semerenganako | semearenganako | semeenganako |
| ablative | semerengandik | semearengandik | semeengandik |
| partitive | semerik | — | — |
| prolative | semetzat | — | — |
Further reading
- "seme" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “seme” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Galician
Etymology
From Latin sēmen.
Noun
seme m (plural semes)
- semen
Synonyms
- esperma, inzo
Hadza
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seme/
Verb
seme
- (intransitive) to eat
Noun
seme m
- food
Related terms
- same
Italian
Etymology
From Latin sēmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈse.me/
- Rhymes: -eme
- Hyphenation: sé‧me
Noun
seme m (plural semi)
- (botany) seed, pip
- (botany, in some cases) bean
- (anatomy, colloquial) semen
- Synonym: sperma
- (card games) suit
Related terms
- semaio
- sementa
- semente
- semenza
- semina
- seminare
Further reading
seme on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
- mese
Japanese
Romanization
seme
- Rōmaji transcription of せめ
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Norse sœmr, from Proto-Germanic *sōmiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseːm(ə)/
Adjective
seme
- Seemly, appropriate, honourable.
- (rare) Attractive, beautiful.
References
- “sẹ̄me, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
seme
- Alternative form of seem (“seam”)
Noun
seme
- Alternative form of seem (“load”)
Verb
seme
- Alternative form of semen (“to sort out”)
Verb
seme
- Alternative form of semen (“to seem”)
Verb
seme
- Alternative form of semen (“to load up”)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- sjȅme (Ijekavian)
- śeme (Montenegro)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sěmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sême/
- Hyphenation: se‧me
Noun
sȅme n (Cyrillic spelling се̏ме)
- seed
- germ
- semen
- spawn
- milt
- offspring
- prime cause
Declension
Declension of seme
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sȅme | semena |
| genitive | sȅmena | semena |
| dative | semenu | semenima |
| accusative | seme | semena |
| vocative | seme | semena |
| locative | semenu | semenima |
| instrumental | semenom | semenima |
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sěmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sèːmɛ/
Noun
sẹ́me n
- seed
Inflection
| Declension of seme (neuter, n-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | seme | ||
| gen. sing. | semena | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | seme | semeni | semena |
| accusative | seme | semeni | semena |
| genitive | semena | semen | semen |
| dative | semenu | semenoma | semenom |
| locative | semenu | semenih | semenih |
| instrumental | semenom | semenoma | semeni |
Further reading
- “seme”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseme/ [ˈse.me]
- Rhymes: -eme
- Syllabification: se‧me
Verb
seme
- inflection of ser:
- second-person singular imperative combined with me
- second-person singular voseo imperative combined with me
Venetian
Adjective
seme
- feminine plural of semo