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): /seˈmɛnte̝/

semente f (plural sementes)

1. seed (of a plant)
2. sowing

• sementeira
• sementeiro

• seme

• “semente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “semente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “semente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “semente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “semente” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin sēmentis, sēmentem.

semente f (plural sementi)

1. seed (all the seeds of a species destined to inseminate an area of land)

• seme

sēmente

1. ablative singular of sēmentis

From Latin sēmentis, sēmentem, from sēmen (“seed”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈmẽtɨ/

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semente f (plural sementes)

1. seed
2. (figuratively) source, origin

• semear
• sementeira