semer
Crimean Tatar
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic ثَمَر (ṯamar).
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: se‧mer
Noun
editsemer
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | semer | semerler |
genitive | semerniñ | semerlerniñ |
dative | semerge | semerlerge |
accusative | semerni | semerlerni |
locative | semerde | semerlerde |
ablative | semerden | semerlerden |
References
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French semer, from Latin sēmināre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsemer
- to sow (scatter seed, etc.)
- 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.
- (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
editThis 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.
infinitive | simple | semer | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “semer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editOld French
editEtymology
editVerb
editsemer
- to sow (scatter seed, etc.)
Conjugation
editThis 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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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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 | — |
Related terms
editDescendants
editTurkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish سمر (semer, “packsaddle”), from Greek σαμάρι (samári, “packsaddle”), diminutive of Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma, “packsaddle”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsemer (definite accusative semeri, plural semerler)
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- Crimean Tatar terms borrowed from Arabic
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from Arabic
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from the Arabic root ث م ر
- Crimean Tatar lemmas
- Crimean Tatar nouns
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French verbs
- French terms with quotations
- French terms with collocations
- French verbs with conjugation -e-er
- French first group verbs
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-a preterite
- Old French first group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -er
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Greek
- Turkish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
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