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semata

semata is the plural of seme.

Meaning of seme

Noun (1)

seme (plural semes or semata)

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

Noun (2)

seme (plural semes or seme)

  1. (Japanese, slang) An active or dominant male character in a same-sex relationship; a top.
    • […] BL manga readers chose intelligence, protectiveness, and beauty/handsomeness as the top three most important traits in a seme […]2008, Dru Pagliassotti, “Better Than Romance? Japanese BL Manga and the Subgenre of Male/Male Romantic Fiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys' Love Manga: Essays on...

Questions about semata

What is semata the plural of?
Semata is the plural of seme.

Words near semata in the dictionary

  1. semasiologist
  2. semasiologists
  3. semasiology
  4. semasphere
  5. semaspheres
  6. semata
  7. sematectonic
  8. sematic
  9. sematically
  10. sematilide
  11. sematological

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