semer

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French semer, from Latin sēmināre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sə.me/
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Verb

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semer

  1. to sow (scatter seed, etc.)
  2. to shake off, to lose (a pursuer)
    • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
      […] il se relève tout de suite et avec ses collègues ils poursuivent Sylvain, la même chose que les courses-poursuites qu’on voit à la télé. Mais mon biloute, il se laisse pas faire, il arrive à semer la police. Ils le perdent.
      […] he gets up straight away and he and his colleagues chase Sylvain, like one of those chases you see on TV. But my mate, he doesn't give in, and he manages to shake off the police. They lose him.
  3. (figuratively) to spread, to sow
    semer la zizanie ― to sow dissent, to sow discord
    semer la pagaille ― to spread disorder, to wreak havoc
    semer la peur ― to fearmonger
    semer la terreur ― to spread terror
    semer la désolation ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    semer la mort ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

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This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il sème and the third-person singular future indicative il sèmera.

Conjugation of semer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple semer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple semant
/sə.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle semé
/sə.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sème
/sɛm/ 		sèmes
/sɛm/ 		sème
/sɛm/ 		semons
/sə.mɔ̃/ 		semez
/sə.me/ 		sèment
/sɛm/
imperfect semais
/sə.mɛ/ 		semais
/sə.mɛ/ 		semait
/sə.mɛ/ 		semions
/sə.mjɔ̃/ 		semiez
/sə.mje/ 		semaient
/sə.mɛ/
past historic2 semai
/sə.me/ 		semas
/sə.ma/ 		sema
/sə.ma/ 		semâmes
/sə.mam/ 		semâtes
/sə.mat/ 		semèrent
/sə.mɛʁ/
future sèmerai
/sɛm.ʁe/ 		sèmeras
/sɛm.ʁa/ 		sèmera
/sɛm.ʁa/ 		sèmerons
/sɛm.ʁɔ̃/ 		sèmerez
/sɛm.ʁe/ 		sèmeront
/sɛm.ʁɔ̃/
conditional sèmerais
/sɛm.ʁɛ/ 		sèmerais
/sɛm.ʁɛ/ 		sèmerait
/sɛm.ʁɛ/ 		sèmerions
/sɛ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /se.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		sèmeriez
/sɛ.mə.ʁje/ or /se.mə.ʁje/ 		sèmeraient
/sɛm.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sème
/sɛm/ 		sèmes
/sɛm/ 		sème
/sɛm/ 		semions
/sə.mjɔ̃/ 		semiez
/sə.mje/ 		sèment
/sɛm/
imperfect2 semasse
/sə.mas/ 		semasses
/sə.mas/ 		semât
/sə.ma/ 		semassions
/sə.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		semassiez
/sə.ma.sje/ 		semassent
/sə.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sème
/sɛm/ 		— semons
/sə.mɔ̃/ 		semez
/sə.me/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin sēmināre, present active infinitive of sēminō.

Verb

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semer

  1. to sow (scatter seed, etc.)

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of semer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive semer avoir semé
gerund en semant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle semant
past participle semé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present sem semes seme semons semez sement
imperfect semoie, semeie, semoe, semeve semoies, semeies, semoes, semeves semoit, semeit, semot, semeve semiiens, semiens semiiez, semiez semoient, semeient, semoent, semevent
preterite semai semas sema semames semastes semerent
future semerai semeras semera semerons semeroiz, semereiz, semerez semeront
conditional semeroie, semereie semeroies, semereies semeroit, semereit semeriiens, semeriens semeriiez, semeriez semeroient, semereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present sem sens sent semons semez sement
imperfect semasse semasses semast semissons, semissiens semissoiz, semissez, semissiez semassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— seme — semons semez —
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Descendants

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  • French: semer
  • Norman: s'maïr, s'mer

Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سمر (semer, “packsaddle”), from Greek σαμάρι (samári, “packsaddle”), diminutive of Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma, “packsaddle”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sɛmeɾ]
  • Hyphenation: se‧mer

Noun

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semer (definite accusative semeri, plural semerler)

  1. packsaddle
  2. (geology) anticline
  3. (biology) clitellum

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative semer
Definite accusative semeri
Singular Plural
Nominative semer semerler
Definite accusative semeri semerleri
Dative semere semerlere
Locative semerde semerlerde
Ablative semerden semerlerden
Genitive semerin semerlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular semerim semerlerim
2nd singular semerin semerlerin
3rd singular semeri semerleri
1st plural semerimiz semerlerimiz
2nd plural semeriniz semerleriniz
3rd plural semerleri semerleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular semerimi semerlerimi
2nd singular semerini semerlerini
3rd singular semerini semerlerini
1st plural semerimizi semerlerimizi
2nd plural semerinizi semerlerinizi
3rd plural semerlerini semerlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular semerime semerlerime
2nd singular semerine semerlerine
3rd singular semerine semerlerine
1st plural semerimize semerlerimize
2nd plural semerinize semerlerinize
3rd plural semerlerine semerlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular semerimde semerlerimde
2nd singular semerinde semerlerinde
3rd singular semerinde semerlerinde
1st plural semerimizde semerlerimizde
2nd plural semerinizde semerlerinizde
3rd plural semerlerinde semerlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular semerimden semerlerimden
2nd singular semerinden semerlerinden
3rd singular semerinden semerlerinden
1st plural semerimizden semerlerimizden
2nd plural semerinizden semerlerinizden
3rd plural semerlerinden semerlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular semerimin semerlerimin
2nd singular semerinin semerlerinin
3rd singular semerinin semerlerinin
1st plural semerimizin semerlerimizin
2nd plural semerinizin semerlerinizin
3rd plural semerlerinin semerlerinin

Derived terms

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