sperme
See also: spermë
Danish
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sperma, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spɛʁm/
Further reading
- “sperme” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Noun
sperme m (plural spermes)
- semen; sperm (sperm collectively)
- 1582, Jean Liébault, Trois livres appartenant aux infirmitez et maladies des femmes:
- plusieurs philosophes estiment que la plus grand part du sperme descendre aux testicules par les venes qui sont derrieres les oreilles
- several philosophers consider that most sperm goes down to the testicles via the veins behind the ears
- plusieurs philosophes estiment que la plus grand part du sperme descendre aux testicules par les venes qui sont derrieres les oreilles
- 1582, Jean Liébault, Trois livres appartenant aux infirmitez et maladies des femmes:
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
sperme (present tense spermer, past tense sperma or spermet, past participle sperma or spermet)
- (slang) To ejaculate.
Synonyms
- sæde
Old French
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