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semes

/siːmz/

semes is the plural of seme.

semes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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...

Words that rhyme with semes

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Questions about semes

What is semes the plural of?
Semes is the plural of seme.
How do you pronounce semes?
Semes is pronounced /siːmz/.

Words near semes in the dictionary

  1. sementation
  2. sementations
  3. Sementivae
  4. semeny
  5. Semer
  6. semes
  7. semese
  8. semester
  9. semester hours
  10. semester school
  11. semester schools

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