simiente

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish simiente, semiente, from Latin sēmentis, from sēmen (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈmjente/ [siˈmjẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: si‧mien‧te

Noun

simiente f (plural simientes)

1. semen
2. (botany, biology) germ
3. (botany) seed

Derived terms

• simiente de papagayos

 

Related terms

• simenza

 

Further reading

• “simiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10