English Online Dictionary. What means sperm? What does sperm mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English sperme, from Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”). Compare also Old French esperme, sparme.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /spɜɹm/
- (UK) IPA(key): /spɜːm/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
- Hyphenation: sperm
Noun
sperm (countable and uncountable, plural sperm or sperms)
- (countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
- (uncountable, slang) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
- (chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.
Synonyms
- (generative substance): cum (vulgar slang), semen
- (reproductive cell): spermatozoon, sperm cell
- (of fish): milt
- (figurative): seed
Hypernyms
- (reproductive cell): gamete
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
sperm (third-person singular simple present sperms, present participle sperming, simple past and past participle spermed)
- (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate on or into.
Anagrams
- PMSer, perms, prems
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma) (sense 1).
Noun
sperm m (definite singular spermen, uncountable)
- sperm
- short for spermasett (spermaceti); see spermhval.
Synonyms
- sperma
- sæd
Related terms
- sperme
Verb
sperm
- imperative of sperme
References
- “sperm” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s(ɯ)pæɾm/
Noun
sperm
- semen (male reproductory fluid)