semente

semente

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

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

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

semente f (plural sementes)

1. seed (of a plant)
2. sowing

• sementeira
• sementeiro

• seme

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “semente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “semente”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• 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, 2012–2024

semente

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

• sementa

Inherited from Latin sēmentem.

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

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.

• seme

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

sēmente

1. ablative singular of sēmentis

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

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• Homophone: se mente (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: se‧men‧te

semente f (plural sementes)

1. seed
2. (figurative) source, origin

• semear
• sementeira