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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (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
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]seme (third-person singular simple present semes, present participle seming, simple past and past participle semed)
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]seme (plural semes)
Etymology 4
[edit]Adjective
[edit]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, page 150:
- I bear Azure seme of trefoiles, a Lions Paw in fæce, Or, armed Gules.
Etymology 5
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 攻め (seme), derived from the verb 攻める (semeru, “to attack”).
Noun
[edit]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[1], 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 […]
- 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[3], Libraries Unlimited (2011), →ISBN, page 97:
- The seme is larger, stronger, and more traditionally masculine, while the uke is smaller, weaker, and more feminine.
Antonyms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Verb
[edit]seme
- first-person singular present subjunctive of semar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of semar
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Basque *senbe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]seme anim
Declension
[edit]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 | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- seme besoetako (“godson”)
- seme galdu
- seme gehien
- seme nagusi
- seme ponteko (“godson”)
- seme premu
- seme zaharren
- seme-alaba (“children”)
- seme-alabaorde
- seme-alabatasun
- seme-alabatzako
- semebitxi (“godson”)
- semeizun (“stepson”)
- semeorde (“stepson”)
- semetasun
- semetxo
- semetzako
- semezko
Further reading
[edit]- “seme”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “seme”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]seme m (plural semes)
Hadza
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]seme
- (intransitive) to eat
Noun
[edit]seme m
Related terms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin sēmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]seme m (plural semi)
- (botany) seed, pip
- (botany, in some cases) bean
- (anatomy, colloquial) semen
- Synonym: sperma
- (card games) suit
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]
seme on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]seme
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Old Norse sœmr, from Proto-Germanic *sōmiz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]seme
References
[edit]- “sẹ̄me, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]seme
- Alternative form of seem (“seam”)
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]seme
- Alternative form of seem (“load”)
Etymology 4
[edit]Verb
[edit]seme
- Alternative form of semen (“to sort out”)
Etymology 5
[edit]Verb
[edit]seme
- Alternative form of semen (“to seem”)
Etymology 6
[edit]Verb
[edit]seme
- Alternative form of semen (“to load up”)
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- sjȅme (Ijekavian)
- śeme (Montenegro)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sȅme n (Cyrillic spelling се̏ме)
Declension
[edit]Declension of seme
Slovene
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *sěmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sẹ́me n
Inflection
[edit]| 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
[edit]- “seme”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “seme”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]seme
- inflection of ser:
- second-person singular imperative combined with me
- second-person singular voseo imperative combined with me
Venetan
[edit]Adjective
[edit]seme
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