sem

• IPA^(key): /sɛm/

sem (plural sems)

1. Abbreviation of seminary.
2. Abbreviation of semester.
3. Abbreviation of semicolon.

• EMS, EMs, Ems, MES, MEs, MSE, SME, ems, mes-

From Proto-Bahnaric *ce:m.

• IPA^(key): /sɛːm/

sem

1. bird

• IPA^(key): /sɛm/

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sem

1. hither (to here)

• se

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛm]

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sem

1. …, neither (or not…, either)
2. neither… nor…

• semleges

From Old Norse sem (“as, like”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”).

• IPA^(key): /sɛːm/
• Rhymes: -ɛːm
• (before words beginning with a consonant) IPA^(key): /sɛm/

sem

1. (with a noun phrase) as, like

   Hann var sem guð meðal manna.

   He was like a god amongst men.

   Hár hennar var hvítt sem snjór.

   Her hair was white as snow.

   Hann er sem nýr.

   He is as [good as] new.

   Vista sem…

   Save as…

2. (with a clause) like, as if

   Svo virðist sem sjúkdómurinn sé arfgengur

   Is seems as though the disease is hereditary.

3. (relative, with a clause) who, which, that

   Þetta er maðurinn sem ég hitti í gær.

   That’s the man that I met yesterday.

   Þetta er konan sem barði mig.

   That’s the woman who hit me.

• (as, like, as if): eins og
• (which, that): er

sem (weak)

1. first-person singular present indicative of semja
2. second-person singular imperative of semja

• sum (late Old Norse)
• som (late Old Norse)

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”).

sem

1. as, the same, like

• Danish: som
• Faroese: sum
• Icelandic: sem
• Norwegian Nynorsk: som, sum (archaic)

• sem in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛm/

sem

1. to exit; to leave; to get out

   A-sem 'y suí.

   I got out of the water.

From Old Portuguese sen, from Latin sine, from Proto-Indo-European *sene.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃j̃/, /ˈsẽj̃/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽj̃/
• Hyphenation: sem
• Homophone: cem

sem

1. -less; without (not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.)

   Um livro sem capa.

   A book without a cover.

   Casa sem janelas.

   Windowless house.

2. (followed by infinitive) without (not doing or not having done something)

   Ele gosta de comer tudo sem dividir.

   He likes to eat everything without sharing.

   Ele atirou sem avisar ninguém.

   He shot without warning anyone.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:sem.

• (not having): desprovido de, falto de

• (not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.): com
• (not doing or having done something): use gerund (-ando, -endo, -indo)

• sem mais nem menos
• sem que

• IPA^(key): /səm/

sem

1. first-person singular present of biti

From English same

sem

1. same
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 2:25:

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From Old Norse sem (“as, like”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”).

• IPA^(key): /sɛm/

  Rhymes: -e̞m

sem

1. (with a noun phrase) as, like

   Hare hans jer vist na sem dett.

   His hair was apparently similar to yours.

2. (with a clause) like, as if
3. (relative, with a clause) who, which, that

• sȯm
• söm
• som
• so

From sema (“to swim”).

• (Hössjö, Bygdeå) IPA^(key): /seːm/
• (Burträsk) IPA^(key): /semː/

  Rhymes: -em

sem

1. able to swim

• sam

sem m (definite singular semen)

1. way of swimming

• svem

• tåsksem

sem

1. singular present indicative of sema
2. singular present imperative of sema