semente

See also: sementé

Asturian

Verb

semente

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of sementar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of sementar

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 13th century. From Latin sēmentis, sēmentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈmente/ [s̺eˈmẽn̪.t̪ɪ], /seˈmɛnte/ [s̺eˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ente, -ɛnte

Noun

semente f (plural sementes)

1. seed (of a plant)
2. sowing

Derived terms

• sementeira
• sementeiro

Related terms

• seme

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “semente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “semente”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “semente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “semente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “semente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “semente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Etymology 2

Verb

semente

1. inflection of sementar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Alternative forms

• sementa

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēmentem. Compare Sicilian simenza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: se‧mén‧te

Noun

semente f (plural sementi)

1. 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 (overall work in Italian, Venetan, 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.

See also

• seme

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

sēmente

1. ablative singular of sēmentis

Old Leonese

Alternative forms

• semiente

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēmentis, from sēmen (“seed”).

Noun

semente m

1. seed
   • 1255, Préstamo del monasterio de San Vicente de Oviedo:

     bono ye derecho e con semente

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1296, Fuero de Çamora‎^[1]:

     E de qual semiente fezieren danno,

     And which seed they damaged,

Related terms

• semar
• semadura
• sementera

Descendants

• Asturian: semiente
• Mirandese: semiente
• Leonese: simiente, semiente

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sēmentem, from sēmen (“seed”). Doublet of sêmen / sémen.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈmẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Homophone: se mente (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: se‧men‧te

Noun

semente f (plural sementes)

1. seed
2. (figurative) source, origin
3. (Internet) seeder

   Synonym: seeder

Related terms

• semear
• sementeira
• semilha

Further reading

• “semente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “semente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026