semer

From Old French semer, from Latin sēmināre, present active infinitive of sēminō.

• IPA^(key): /sə.me/

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semer

1. to sow (scatter seed, etc.)
2. to shake off someone
3. (figuratively) to spread

   semer la zizanie, semer la pagaille, semer la terreur ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il sème rather than *il seme. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.

• semence

• “semer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• mères

From Latin sēmināre, present active infinitive of sēminō.

semer

1. to sow (scatter seed, etc.)

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• semance

• French: semer
• Norman: s'maïr, s'mer

From Greek σαμάρι (samári, “packsaddle”), diminutive of Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma, “packsaddle”).

• IPA^(key): [sɛmeɾ]
• Hyphenation: se‧mer

semer (definite accusative semeri, plural semerler)

1. packsaddle
2. (geology) anticline
3. (biology) clitellum

• semerci
• eşeğe altın semer vursalar yine eşektir