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English

Etymology

Coined by John Locke from Ancient Greek ??????????? (s?mei?tikós, “fitted for marking, portending”), from ?????? (s?meiô, “to mark, interpret as a portend”), from ??????? (s?meîon, “a mark, sign, token”), from ???? (sêma, “mark, sign”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?mi??t?ks/

Noun

semiotics (uncountable)

1. The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.
2. (dated) The study of medical signs and symptoms; symptomatology.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• semiology
• symbology

Further reading

• semiotics in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• semiotics in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• semiotics at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• misticoes, societism

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (sêma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?m/
• Homophones: seam, seem
• Rhymes: -i?m

Noun

seme (plural semes or semata)

1. (linguistics, semiotics) Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation or sign.

Related terms

• semantics
• semiotics

Etymology 2

Verb

seme (third-person singular simple present semes, present participle seming, simple past and past participle semed)

1. Obsolete form of seem.

Etymology 3

Noun

seme (plural semes)

1. Obsolete form of seam.

Etymology 4

Adjective

seme

1. Obsolete form of semé.

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (seme), derived from the verb ??? (semeru, “to attack”).

Noun

seme (plural semes or seme)

1. (Japanese fiction) An active or dominant male character in a same-sex relationship; a top.

Antonyms

• uke

Anagrams

• Esme, Esmé, emes, mese, seem, smee

Asturian

Verb

seme

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of semar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of semar

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *senbe.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /s?e.me/

Noun

seme anim

1. son

Declension

Further reading

• “seme” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “seme” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Galician

Etymology

From Latin s?men.

Noun

seme m (plural semes)

1. semen

Synonyms

• esperma, inzo

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seme/

Verb

seme

1. (intransitive) to eat

Noun

seme m

1. food

Related terms

• same

Italian

Etymology

From Latin s?men, from Proto-Indo-European *séh?mn?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se.me/
• enPR: séme, IPA^(key): /?se.me/

Noun

seme m (plural semi)

1. (botany) seed, pip
2. (botany, in some cases) bean
3. (anatomy, colloquial) semen

   Synonym: sperma

4. (card games) suit

Related terms

• semaio
• sementa
• semente
• semenza
• semina
• seminare

Further reading

• seme on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• mese

Japanese

Romanization

seme

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian) sj?me

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?m?, from Proto-Indo-European *séh?mn?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sême/
• Hyphenation: se?me

Noun

s?me n (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. seed
2. germ
3. semen
4. spawn
5. milt
6. offspring
7. prime cause

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?m?, from Proto-Indo-European *séh?mn?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sè?m?/

Noun

s??me n

1. seed

Inflection

Further reading

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

Venetian

Adjective

seme

1. feminine plural of semo