semen
/ˈsiːmən/
semen noun: a sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.
Noun
semen (usually uncountable, plural semens)
- A sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.
- Then add four drops of crocodile semen, and pass the mixture through a filter.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 152
- Sharp protein odor of semen fills the air.1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 80
Proper noun capitalized: Semen
Semen (countable and uncountable, plural Semens)
- A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Семе́н (Semén).
semen meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
semen in Hindi
- male reproductive fluid
- वीर्य vīrya, शुक्र śukra, बीज bīj, धात dhāt, धातु dhātu, मनी manī
semen in Tamil
- male reproductive fluid
- விந்து vintu
semen in Marathi
- male reproductive fluid
- रेत ret
semen in Urdu
- male reproductive fluid
- ویریہ vīrya, منی
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- semen in Bengali
- বীর্য birjo
- semen in Telugu
- వీర్యము vīryamu, రేతస్సు rētassu
- semen in Malayalam
- ശുക്ലം śuklaṁ
- semen in Kannada
- ಶುಕ್ರ śukra, ರೇತಸ್ಸು rētassu, ಬೀಜ bīja, ಅಂಡ aṇḍa
- semen in Punjabi
- ਬੀ bī, ਧਾਤ dhāt
- semen in Gujarati
- વીર્ય vīrya
- semen in Odia
- ବୀର୍ଯ୍ଯ଼, ବୀର୍ଯ୍ଯ଼ା
- semen in Sanskrit
- रेतस् retas
- semen in Nepali
- वीर्य, वीर्याणु
- semen in Pashto
- مني maní
- semen in Tagalog
- punlay, tabod, tamod, semilya
- semen in Arabic
- مَنِيّ maniyy
- semen in Malay
- mani
- semen in Indonesian
- air mani, semen, sperma
- semen in Persian
- منی mani, اسپرم esperm
- semen in Thai
- อสุจิ à-sù-jì, น้ำกาม náam-gaam
- semen in Vietnamese
- tinh dịch
- semen in Myanmar
- သုက် suk, သုက်ရည် suk-rany
- Dzongkha
- ཐིག་ལེ thig le
Synonyms of semen
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Forms of semen
| Noun | |
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| plural | semens |
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| plural | Semens |
Origin of semen
From Middle English semen, from Latin sēmen (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow; plant”).
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Questions about semen
- What does semen mean?
- Semen means a sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.
- What is semen in Hindi?
- Semen in Hindi is वीर्य (vīrya), शुक्र (śukra), बीज (bīj). See Semen meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is semen?
- Semen can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce semen?
- Semen is pronounced /ˈsiːmən/.
- What is the plural of semen?
- The plural of semen is semens.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: semen (page history and authors); Semen (page history and authors); ಅಂಡ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਧਾਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); semen (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); semen (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); مني (Pashto) (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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