sperm

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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(US) IPA^(key): /spɜːɹm/
(UK) IPA^(key): /spɜːm/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Hyphenation: sperm

Noun

sperm (countable and uncountable, plural sperm or sperms)

(countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
- 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.
(uncountable, slang) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  Other Nations there are, that never have use of fire; Others, whose sperme is of a blacke colour.
(chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.

Synonyms

(generative substance): cum (vulgar slang), semen
(reproductive cell): spermatozoon, sperm cell

Hypernyms

(reproductive cell): gamete

Derived terms

Translations

cell

Arabic: نُطْفَة‎ f (nuṭfa), حَيَوَان مَنَوِيّ‎ (ar) m (ḥayawān manawiyy)
Egyptian Arabic: حيوان منوي‎ m (ḥayawan manawi)
Armenian: սպերմատոզոիդ (hy) (spermatozoid), սերմնաբջիջ (hy) (sermnabǰiǰ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 精子 (zh) (jīngzǐ)
Czech: spermie (cs) f
Danish: sæd (da) c
Dutch: spermacel (nl)
Estonian: seemnerakk
Finnish: siittiö (fi)
French: spermatozoïde (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Spermium (de) n, Samenzelle (de) f
Greek: σπερματοζωάριο (el) n (spermatozoário) (spermatozoário)
Hebrew: זרעון‎ m (zir'on)
Hindi: शुक्राणु m (śukrāṇu)
Icelandic: sæðisfruma f
Italian: spermatozoo (it) m

Japanese: 精子 (ja) (せいし, seishi)
Kazakh: шауһат (şawhat)
Korean: 정자 (ko) (jeongja) (精子)
Lao: ພັນ (phan)
Malay: sperma, benih, benih jantan
Manx: sheel m
Persian: اسپرماتوزئید‎ (espermâtozo'id)
Polish: plemnik (pl) m
Portuguese: espermatozoide (pt) m
Romanian: spermatozoid (ro) m
Russian: сперматозо́ид (ru) m (spermatozóid)
Spanish: espermatozoide (es) m
Tagalog: punlay
Thai: สเปิร์ม (sà-bpəəm), ตัวอสุจิ, อสุจิ (th) (à-sù-jì)
Turkmen: döl (tk)
Vietnamese: tinh trùng (vi)
Welsh: sberm (cy) m

semen (fluid)

Albanian: spermë (sq) f
Arabic: نُطْفَة‎ f (nuṭfa), مَنْي‎ m (many)
Armenian: սերմ (hy) (serm), սերմնահեղուկ (hy) (sermnahełuk), սպերմա (hy) (sperma)
Azerbaijani: sperma
Bashkir: мәней (mäney), аталыҡ орлоғо (atalïq orloğo)
Belarusian: спе́рма f (spjérma)
Bengali: শুক্রাণু (śukraṇu), বীর্য (bn) (bīrjô)
Bulgarian: спе́рма f (spérma)
Burmese: သုတ်ပိုး (sutpui:), သုက်ပိုး (sukpui:), သုက် (my) (suk)
Catalan: esperma (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 精液 (zh) (jīngyè)
Czech: semeno (cs) n, sperma (cs) n
Danish: sperm
Dutch: sperma (nl) n
Estonian: sperma (et)
Finnish: siemenneste (fi), sperma (fi)
French: sperme (fr) m
Georgian: სპერმა (sṗerma), თესლი (ka) (tesli)
German: Sperma (de) n
Greek: σπέρμα (el) n (spérma)
Hebrew: זֶרַע‎ (he) m (zéra‛)
Hindi: शुक्राणु m (śukrāṇu)
Hungarian: sperma (hu)
Icelandic: sæði n
Indonesian: sperma (id)
Irish: speirm
Italian: sperma (it) m
Japanese: 精液 (ja) (せいえき, seieki)
Kazakh: шәует (şäwet), сперма (sperma)
Khmer: ទឹកកាម (km) (tɨk kaam), មេជីវិតឈ្មោល (mei ciivɨt cmoul)
Korean: 정액 (ko) (jeong-aek) (精液 (ko))

Kyrgyz: сперма (ky) (sperma), эрендик (ky) (erendik)
Lao: ນ້ຳກາມ (nam kām), ນ້ຳແບ້ນ (nam bǣn), ອະສຸຈິ (’a su chi)
Latin: sperma
Latvian: sēkla (lv) f, sperma f
Lithuanian: sperma f, sėkla (lt) f
Macedonian: сперма f (sperma)
Malay: sperma
Maltese: isperma f
Manx: sheel m
Mongolian: дусал (mn) (dusal), салай (mn) (salaj)
Norwegian: sperm m, sperma m, sæd m
Persian: نطفه‎ (fa) (notfa), منی‎ (fa) (moni) (vulgar)
Polish: sperma (pl) f, nasienie (pl) n
Portuguese: esperma (pt) m
Romanian: spermă (ro) f, smecleu n, smârcău n, smahoz n
Russian: спе́рма (ru) f (spérma), молофья́ (ru) f (molofʹjá) (vulgar)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сперма f

Roman: sperma (sh) f
Shan: ၼမ်ႉၸိူဝ်ႉ (nâ̰m tsô̰e)
Slovak: sperma f
Slovene: sperma (sl) f
Spanish: esperma (es) m or f
Swedish: sperma (sv), sädesvätska (sv)
Tagalog: tamod
Tajik: нутфа (tg) (nutfa), манӣ (manī)
Thai: สเปิร์ม (sà-bpəəm), อสุจิ (th) (à-sù-jì)
Turkish: sperm (tr)
Turkmen: sperma, döl (tk)
Ukrainian: спе́рма f (spérma)
Uzbek: sperma (uz), maniy (uz)
Vietnamese: tinh dịch (vi) (精液)

sperm oil, spermaceti

Finnish: valaanöljy, spermaseettiöljy (oil); valaanrasve, valaanvaha, spermaseetti (spermaceti)

Italian: spermaceti (it) m

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Translations to be checked

Korean: ^{(please verify)} 정액 (ko) (jeong-aek)
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} сперма f (sperma)

Maltese: ^{(please verify)} liba f
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} శుక్లము (te) (śuklamu)

Verb

sperm (third-person singular simple present sperms, present participle sperming, simple past and past participle spermed)

(intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
(transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate on or into.

Anagrams

perms, prems

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma) (sense 1).

Noun

sperm m (definite singular spermen, uncountable)

sperm
short for spermasett (spermaceti); see spermhval.

Synonyms

sperma
sæd

Related terms

sperme

Verb

sperm

imperative of sperme

References

“sperm” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Turkish

Noun

sperm

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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