sperm
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sperm
- /spɜɹm/ US
- /spɜːm/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)m
Where it comes from
From Middle English sperme, from Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”). Compare also Old French esperme, sparme.
noun sperm · sperms
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The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
In the Fall into the division of labor, Levi-Strauss sees the great hunters trading women to create the exogamous bonds of one hunting band with another. The egg is, but the sperm does. The tiny sperm may be furious in its activity, but its highway to the egg is paved by the alkaline trail set down
Similar: spermatozoon, sperm cell
- Semen; the generative substance of male animals. Other Nations there are, that never have use of fire; Others, whose sperme is of a blacke colour.
- Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti. Holding his candle so that he could read the coffin plates, and so holding it that the sperm dropped in white patches which congealed as they touched the metal, he made assurance of Lucy’s coffin.
verb sperms · sperming · spermed
- To ejaculate.
- To ejaculate on or into.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sperm cell, spermatozoon, semen, gamete, amphiaster, zp, seed, sowing, amber, mona, whale, milt, mina, cum, dorm, ward
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noun cell
| Español | espermatozoide |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정자 jeongja |
| 日本語 | 精子 seishi |
| 中文 | 精子 jīngzǐ |
| हिन्दी | शुक्राणु śukrāṇu |
| Português | espermatozoide |
| Français | spermatozoïde |
| Deutsch | Spermium, Samenzelle |
| Italiano | spermatozoo |
| Ελληνικά | σπερματοζωάριο spermatozoário |
| Română | spermatozoid |
| Русский | сперматозо́ид spermatozóid |
| Tiếng Việt | tinh trùng, tinh binh |
| العربية | نُطْفَة nuṭfa, حَيَوَان مَنَوِيّ ḥayawān manawiyy |
| עברית | זרעון zir'on |
noun semen (fluid)
| Español | esperma |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정액 jeong'aek |
| 日本語 | 精液 seieki |
| 中文 | 精液 jīngyè |
| हिन्दी | शुक्र śukra, वीर्य vīrya |
| Kiswahili | mbegu za kiume |
| Português | esperma |
| Français | sperme, semence |
| Deutsch | Sperma |
| Italiano | sperma |
| Ελληνικά | σπέρμα spérma |
| Română | spermă, smecleu, smârcău, smahoz |
| Русский | спе́рма spérma, молофья́ molofʹjá |
| Tiếng Việt | tinh dịch |
| العربية | نُطْفَة nuṭfa, مَنْي many |
| עברית | זֶרַע |
noun sperm oil, spermaceti
| Italiano | spermaceti |
|---|
verb to ejaculate
| Français | spermer, se vider les couilles, gicler |
|---|
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title = {sperm},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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