sperma

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.

Anagrams

• ampers, prames, remaps

Noun

sperma n

1. sperm, semen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛrmaː/

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Noun

sperma n (uncountable)

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

Noun

sperma (genitive sperma, partitive spermat)

1. sperm

See also

• seeme
• seemnevedelik

Noun

sperma

1. semen
2. sperm (fluid)

Noun

sperma m (plural spermi)

1. sperm

Anagrams

• sprema

Etymology

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

Noun

sperma

1. seed, semen, sperm

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, 1883–1887)
• sperma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology

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

Noun

sperma f (4th declension)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲpʲɛɾmɐ]

Noun

spèrma f (plural spèrmos) stress pattern 1

1. sperm, semen

See also

• ejakuliacija
• ejakuliatas
• ejakuliuoti
• prejakuliatas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛrmɐ/

Noun

sperma f

1. semen, sperm

Etymology

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

Noun

sperma n (definite singular spermaet, uncountable)

1. sperm, semen

Verb

sperma

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

References

• “sperma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Noun

sperma f

1. semen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsperma]

Noun

sperma

1. definite singular nominative form of spermă.
2. definite singular accusative form of spermă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spěrma/

Noun

spèrma f (Cyrillic spelling спѐрма)

1. sperm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛ́ːrma/
• Tonal orthography: spȇrma

Noun

spêrma f (genitive spêrme, uncountable)

1. sperm, semen