sperm
English
/spɜːɹm/, /spɜːm/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
- (uncountable) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
- (chemistry) sperm Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French sperme derived from Latin sperma derived from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (seed, semen, sperm).
Origin
Ancient Greek
σπέρμα
Gloss
seed, semen, sperm
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
精
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allosperm English
- antisperm English
- autosperm English
- chlorospermous English
- hematospermia English
- heterospermic English
- monospermic English
- octospermous English
- oligospermic English
- oosperm English
- polysperm English
- polyspermia English
- spermarche English
- spermary English
- spermatozoon English
- spermic English
- spermicide English
- spermism English
- spermist English
- spermless English
- spermlessness English
- spermlike English
- spermophagia English
- spermophyte English
- spermous English
- spermule English
- teratosperm English
- tetraspermous English
- xanthospermous English
- zoosperm English
- zoospermic English
- sperma Latin
- -spermia Italian
- sperme French
- esperma Spanish, Castilian
- λιθόσπερμον Ancient Greek
- λινόσπερμον Ancient Greek
- σπέρμα Ancient Greek
- σπείρω Ancient Greek
- σπερμολόγος Ancient Greek
- ὀστέον Ancient Greek
- *spérmn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- sperm Norwegian Bokmål
- sperma Norwegian Bokmål
- spermie Norwegian Bokmål
- sperma Norwegian Nynorsk
- spermie Norwegian Nynorsk
- սպերմա Armenian
- สเปิร์ม Thai
- σπέρμα Greek (modern)
- sperma Latvian
- sperme Middle French
- ⲥⲡⲉⲣⲙⲁ Coptic
- spermic
- oosperm
- zoosperm
- spermule
- spermism
- spermary
- spermist
- spermous
- spermlike
- polysperm
- autosperm
- antisperm
- allosperm
- spermless
- spermicide
- spermarche
- zoospermic
- polyspermia
- teratosperm
- spermophyte
- monospermic
- oligospermic
- spermatozoon
- spermophagia
- octospermous
- heterospermic
- tetraspermous
- hematospermia
- spermlessness
- chlorospermous
- xanthospermous