sperma

See also: Sperma, spermā, spermă, and spermą

English

Noun

sperma (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete form of sperm.
    • 1600, John Pory (translator), A Geographical Historie of Africa (original by Leo Africanus), page 344:
      The head of this fish is as hard as stone. The inhabitants of the Ocean sea coast affirme that this fish casteth foorth Amber; but whether the said Amber be the sperma or the excrement thereof, they cannot well determine.

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Czech

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈspɛrma]

Noun

sperma n

  1. sperm, semen
    Synonym: semeno

Declension

Further reading

  • sperma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • sperma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • sperma in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛrmaː/
  • (file)

Noun

sperma n (uncountable)

  1. (biology) sperm, semen (fluid animal seed)

Synonyms


Estonian

Etymology

From German Sperma.

Noun

sperma (genitive sperma, partitive spermat)

  1. sperm

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, seed), possibly through Latin sperma or German Sperma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspermɑ/, [ˈs̠pe̞rmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ermɑ
  • Syllabification(key): sper‧ma

Noun

sperma

  1. semen
  2. sperm (fluid)

Declension

Inflection of sperma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative sperma spermat
genitive sperman spermojen
partitive spermaa spermoja
illative spermaan spermoihin
singular plural
nominative sperma spermat
accusative nom. sperma spermat
gen. sperman
genitive sperman spermojen
spermainrare
partitive spermaa spermoja
inessive spermassa spermoissa
elative spermasta spermoista
illative spermaan spermoihin
adessive spermalla spermoilla
ablative spermalta spermoilta
allative spermalle spermoille
essive spermana spermoina
translative spermaksi spermoiksi
instructive spermoin
abessive spermatta spermoitta
comitative spermoineen
Possessive forms of sperma (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person spermani spermamme
2nd person spermasi spermanne
3rd person spermansa

Synonyms


Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛr.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrma
  • Hyphenation: spèr‧ma

Noun

sperma m (plural spermi)

  1. sperm

Further reading

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

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, seed, semen).

Noun

sperma n (genitive spermatis); third declension

  1. seed, semen, sperm

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sperma spermata
Genitive spermatis spermatum
Dative spermatī spermatibus
Accusative sperma spermata
Ablative spermate spermatibus
Vocative sperma spermata

Descendants

  • Catalan: esperma
  • Old French: sperme
  • German: Sperma

References

  • sperma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sperma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sperma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Latvian

Etymology

From Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, seed, semen).

Noun

sperma f (4th declension)

  1. sperm, semen (generative substance of male animals)

Declension

Synonyms


Lithuanian

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲpʲɛɾmɐ]

Noun

spèrma f (plural spèrmos) stress pattern 1

  1. sperm, semen

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sperma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛr.ma/

Noun

sperma f

  1. semen, sperm
    Synonyms: liba, żerriegħa

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, seed, semen).

Noun

sperma n (definite singular spermaet, uncountable)

  1. sperm, semen
Synonyms
Derived terms

Verb

sperma

  1. inflection of sperme:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, seed, semen).

Noun

sperma n (definite singular spermaet, uncountable)

  1. sperm, semen

Synonyms

References


Polish

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛr.ma/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrma
  • Syllabification: sper‧ma

Noun

sperma f

  1. semen

Declension

Derived terms

noun

Further reading

  • sperma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sperma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsperma]

Noun

sperma

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of spermă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spěrma/

Noun

spèrma f (Cyrillic spelling спѐрма)

  1. sperm

Declension


Slovene

Etymology

From Late Latin sperma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɛ́ːrma/

Noun

spȇrma f

  1. sperm, semen

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nominative spêrma
genitive spêrme
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
spêrma
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dative
(dajȃlnik)
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
spêrmi
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
spêrmo

Further reading

  • sperma”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Noun

sperma c

  1. semen
    Synonyms: säd, sädesvätska, (slang) sarre, (slang) sagge

Declension

Declension of sperma 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative sperma sperman
Genitive spermas spermans

See also

References

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