Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: sperm

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Oct 31st 2013, 01:38, by 92.229.90.177

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* Hebrew: {{t|he|זרעון|m|tr=zir'on}}

  

* Hebrew: {{t|he|זרעון|m|tr=zir'on}}
 

* Hindi: {{t|hi|शुक्राणु|m|tr=śukrāṇu|sc=Deva}}

  

* Hindi: {{t|hi|शुक्राणु|m|tr=śukrāṇu|sc=Deva}}
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* Icelandic: {{t|is|sæðisfruma|f}}
 

* Japanese: {{t+|ja|精子|tr=せいし, seishi|sc=Jpan}}

  

* Japanese: {{t+|ja|精子|tr=せいし, seishi|sc=Jpan}}
 

* Kazakh: {{t|kk|шауһат|tr=şawhat|sc=Cyrl}}

  

* Kazakh: {{t|kk|шауһат|tr=şawhat|sc=Cyrl}}

Latest revision as of 01:38, 31 October 2013

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle French sperme, from Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (sperma, "seed, semen").

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sperm (countable and uncountable, plural sperm or sperms)

  1. (uncountable) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:
      Other Nations there are, that never have use of fire; Others, whose sperme is of a blacke colour.
    • 2012, Sarah Whitehouse, The Guardian, 13 Apr 2012:
      Seeing the two little moving cells – the result of her egg and Luke's sperm – was incredible, and two very long weeks later the clinic confirmed I was pregnant.
  2. (cytology) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
  3. (chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.

Synonyms[edit]

Hypernyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

cell

semen (fluid)

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Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

sperm m (definite singular spermen; uncountable)

  1. sperm

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

sperm

  1. Imperative of sperme

Turkish[edit]

Noun[edit]

sperm

  1. semen (male reproductory fluid)

This Turkish entry was created from the translations listed at semen. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see sperm in the Turkish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) May 2009
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