semente
See also: sementé
Asturian
Verb
semente
- first-person singular present subjunctive of sementar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of sementar
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 13th century. From Latin sēmentis, sēmentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈmɛnte̝/
Noun
semente f (plural sementes)
- seed (of a plant)
- sowing
Derived terms
- sementeira
- sementeiro
Related terms
- seme
References
- “semente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “semente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “semente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “semente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “semente” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Alternative forms
- sementa
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sēmentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈmen.te/
- Rhymes: -ente
- Hyphenation: se‧mén‧te
Noun
semente f (plural sementi)
- seed (all the seeds of a species destined to inseminate an area of land)
- 2020 September, Antonio Pennacchi, “Capitolo secondo [Second Chapter]”, in La strada del mare (in Italian, Venetian, English, and French), Milan: Mondadori Libri S.p.A., →ISBN, page 217:
- Pure adesso – quando serve una vanga o una semente, o c’è da far riparare il trattore – la gente non va a Sabaudia, va a Pontinia.
- Even nowadays, when there's need for a shovel, or a seed, or to fix a tractor, people don't go to Sabaudia: they go to Pontinia.
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See also
- seme
Further reading
- semente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Noun
sēmente
- ablative singular of sēmentis
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin sēmentem, from sēmen (“seed”). Doublet of sêmen/ sémen.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈmẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈmẽ.t(ɨ)/
- Homophone: se mente (Portugal)
- Hyphenation: se‧men‧te
Audio (file)
Noun
semente f (plural sementes)
- seed
- (figurative) source, origin
Related terms
- semear
- sementeira