sperma

sperma

See also: Sperma, spermā, spermă, and spermą

English

Noun

sperma (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of sperm.
   • 1600, John Pory (translator), A Geographical Historie of Africa (original by Leo Africanus), page 344:

     The head of this fish is as hard as stone. The inhabitants of the Ocean sea coast affirme that this fish casteth foorth Amber; but whether the said Amber be the sperma or the excrement thereof, they cannot well determine.

Anagrams

• ampers, prames, remaps

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Czech

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspɛrma]

Noun

sperma n

1. sperm, semen

   Synonym: semeno

Declension

Declension of sperma

	singular	plural
nominative	sperma	spermata
genitive	spermatu	spermat
dative	spermatu	spermatům
accusative	sperma	spermata
vocative	sperma	spermata
locative	spermatu	spermatech
instrumental	spermatem	spermaty

Related terms

• spermie

Further reading

• sperma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sperma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• sperma in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Dutch

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛrmaː/

• Audio

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Noun

sperma n (uncountable)

1. (biology) sperm, semen (fluid animal seed)

Synonyms

• zaad

Related terms

• spermabank
• spermadonor
• spermatozoïde

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Estonian

Etymology

From German Sperma.

Noun

sperma (genitive sperma, partitive spermat)

1. sperm

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• seeme
• seemnevedelik

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Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”), possibly through Latin sperma or German Sperma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspermɑ/, [ˈs̠pe̞rmɑ]
• Rhymes: -ermɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sper‧ma

Noun

sperma

1. semen
2. sperm (fluid)

Declension

Inflection of sperma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		sperma	spermat
genitive		sperman	spermojen
partitive		spermaa	spermoja
illative		spermaan	spermoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sperma	spermat
accusative	nom.	sperma	spermat
	gen.	sperman
genitive		sperman	spermojen spermainrare
partitive		spermaa	spermoja
inessive		spermassa	spermoissa
elative		spermasta	spermoista
illative		spermaan	spermoihin
adessive		spermalla	spermoilla
ablative		spermalta	spermoilta
allative		spermalle	spermoille
essive		spermana	spermoina
translative		spermaksi	spermoiksi
instructive		—	spermoin
abessive		spermatta	spermoitta
comitative		—	spermoineen

Possessive forms of sperma (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	spermani	spermamme
2nd person	spermasi	spermanne
3rd person	spermansa

Synonyms

• siemenneste

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛr.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛrma
• Hyphenation: spèr‧ma

Noun

sperma m (plural spermi)

1. sperm

Further reading

• sperma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• sprema

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).

Noun

sperma n (genitive spermatis); third declension

1. seed, semen, sperm

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sperma	spermata
Genitive	spermatis	spermatum
Dative	spermatī	spermatibus
Accusative	sperma	spermata
Ablative	spermate	spermatibus
Vocative	sperma	spermata

Descendants

• Catalan: esperma
• Old French: sperme
  • Middle French: sperme
    • → English: sperm
    • French: sperme
• → German: Sperma
  • → Estonian: sperma

References

• “sperma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sperma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sperma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Latvian

Etymology

From Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).

Noun

sperma f (4th declension)

1. sperm, semen (generative substance of male animals)

Declension

Declension of sperma (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sperma	spermas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	spermu	spermas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	spermas	spermu
dative (datīvs)	spermai	spermām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	spermu	spermām
locative (lokatīvs)	spermā	spermās
vocative (vokatīvs)	sperma	spermas

Synonyms

• sēkla

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲpʲɛɾmɐ]

Noun

spèrma f (plural spèrmos) stress pattern 1

1. sperm, semen

Declension

declension of sperma

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	spèrma	spèrmos
genitive (kilmininkas)	spèrmos	spèrmų
dative (naudininkas)	spèrmai	spèrmoms
accusative (galininkas)	spèrmą	spèrmas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	spèrma	spèrmomis
locative (vietininkas)	spèrmoje	spèrmose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	spèrma	spèrmos

Synonyms

• sėkla

Derived terms

• spermatozoidas

See also

• ejakuliacija
• ejakuliatas
• ejakuliuoti
• prejakuliatas

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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sperma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛr.ma/

Noun

sperma f

1. semen, sperm

   Synonyms: liba, żerriegħa

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).

Noun

sperma n (definite singular spermaet, uncountable)

1. sperm, semen

Synonyms

• sperm
• sæd

Derived terms

• sperme

Related terms

• spermie

Verb

sperma

1. inflection of sperme:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

References

• “sperma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).

Noun

sperma n (definite singular spermaet, uncountable)

1. sperm, semen

Synonyms

• sæd

Related terms

• spermie

References

• “sperma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛr.ma/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛrma
• Syllabification: sper‧ma

Noun

sperma f

1. semen

Declension

Declension of sperma

	singular
nominative	sperma
genitive	spermy
dative	spermie
accusative	spermę
instrumental	spermą
locative	spermie
vocative	spermo

Derived terms

noun

• agamospermia

 

Further reading

• sperma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sperma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsperma]

Noun

sperma

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of spermă

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spěrma/

Noun

spèrma f (Cyrillic spelling спѐрма)

1. sperm

Declension

Declension of sperma

	singular	plural
nominative	sperma	sperme
genitive	sperme	sperma
dative	spermi	spermama
accusative	spermu	sperme
vocative	spermo	sperme
locative	spermi	spermama
instrumental	spermom	spermama

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Slovene

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛ́ːrma/

Noun

spȇrma f

1. sperm, semen

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	spêrma
genitive	spêrme
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	spêrma
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	spêrmi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	spêrmo

Further reading

• “sperma”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Swedish

Noun

sperma c

1. semen

   Synonyms: säd, sädesvätska, (slang) sarre, (slang) sagge

Declension

Declension of sperma
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sperma	sperman	—	—
Genitive	spermas	spermans	—	—

See also

• spermie (“sperm cell”)
• sats (“load”)

References

• sperma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sperma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sperma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)