semé

semé

See also: seme, śeme, and sème

English

Alternative forms

• semy, seme, semee, semée, seméed

Etymology

From French semé (“sown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈmeɪ/

Adjective

semé (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Sprinkled, sown, strewn: said of a field or charge when strewn with small (identical) charges.

   Until Charles V, the kings of France wore azure semé de lys or.

References

• semé in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Esme, Esmé, emes, mese, seem, smee

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Asturian

Verb

semé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of semar

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French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

semé (feminine semée, masculine plural semés, feminine plural semées)

1. dotted, riddled

   Cette lettre sera semée de mensonges

   That letter will be riddled with lies

2. (heraldry) sprinkled or sown; said of a field or charge when strewn with small charges

Participle

semé (feminine semée, masculine plural semés, feminine plural semées)

1. past participle of semer

Further reading

• “semé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.