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seedtime

/ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/

seedtime noun: the time to sow seeds.

Noun

seedtime (countable and uncountable, plural seedtimes)

  1. The time to sow seeds.
    • Seed time and Harvest, Heat and hoary Frost
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  2. (figuratively) A time for new development.

seedtime meaning in Tamil and Bengali

seedtime in Tamil

விதைப்புக்காலம், விதைக்காலம்

seedtime in Bengali

বীজ বপন করার সময়, নতুন বিকাশের সময়

Forms of seedtime

pluralseedtimes
alternative formseed-time

Origin of seedtime

From Middle English seed tyme, from Old English sǣdtīma (“time for sowing, season”), from Proto-West Germanic *sādatīmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēdatīmô (“seedtime”), equivalent to seed + time. Cognate with Icelandic sáðtími (“sowing time, seedtime”). Compare also West Frisian siedtiid (“seedtime”), Dutch zaaitijd (“sowing time, seedtime”), German Saatzeit (“season for sowing seed”), Swedish såddtid (“sowing time, seedtime”), Faroese sáðtíð (“sowing time”), Old Norse sáðtíð (“April”, literally “seed time”).

Questions about seedtime

What does seedtime mean?
Seedtime means the time to sow seeds.
What is seedtime in Tamil?
Seedtime in Tamil is விதைப்புக்காலம், விதைக்காலம். See Seedtime meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is seedtime?
Seedtime is a noun.
How do you pronounce seedtime?
Seedtime is pronounced /ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/.
What is the plural of seedtime?
The plural of seedtime is seedtimes.

Words near seedtime in the dictionary

  1. seedsnipes
  2. seedstalk
  3. seedstalks
  4. seedstock
  5. seedstocks
  6. seedtime
  7. seedtimes
  8. seedy
  9. seedy toe
  10. seedy toes
  11. seedzone

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: seedtime (page history and authors); seedtime (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seedtime (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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