semer

See also: Semer

French

Etymology

From Old French semer, from Latin sēmināre, present active infinitive of sēminō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sə.me/
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Verb

semer

  1. to sow (scatter seed, etc.)
  2. to shake off someone
  3. (figuratively) to spread
    semer la zizanie, semer la pagaille, semer la terreur ― to spread discord, to spread disorder, to spread terror

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il sème rather than *il seme. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.

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).

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin sēmināre, present active infinitive of sēminō.

Verb

semer

  1. to sow (scatter seed, etc.)

Conjugation

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 Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— seme — semons semez —

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Greek σαμάρι (samári, “packsaddle”), diminutive of Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma, “packsaddle”).

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

Noun

semer (definite accusative semeri, plural semerler)

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

Declension
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
  • semerci
  • eşeğe altın semer vursalar yine eşektir
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