sperme
See also: spermë
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈspɛrmɛ]
Danish
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sperma, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spɛʁm/
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Related terms
- spermatide
- spermatoblaste
- spermatocyte
- spermatogenèse
- spermatophore
- spermatozoïde
- spermicide
- spermiogenèse
- spermiologie
Further reading
- “sperme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Noun
sperme m (plural spermes)
- semen; sperm (sperm collectively)
- 1582, Jean Liébault, Trois livres appartenant aux infirmitez et maladies des femmes:
- plusieurs philosophes estiment que la plus grand part du sperme descendre aux testicules par les venes qui sont derrieres les oreilles
- several philosophers consider that most sperm goes down to the testicles via the veins behind the ears
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
sperme (present tense spermer, past tense sperma or spermet, past participle sperma or spermet)
Synonyms
Old French
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