"seedtime" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seedtime.wav Forms: seedtimes [plural], seed-time [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English seed tyme, from Old English sǣdtīma (“time for sowing, season”), from Proto-West Germanic *sādatīmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēdatīmô (“seedtime”), equivalent to seed + time. Cognate with Icelandic sáðtími (“sowing time, seedtime”). Compare also West Frisian siedtiid (“seedtime”), Dutch zaaitijd (“sowing time, seedtime”), German Saatzeit (“season for sowing seed”), Swedish såddtid (“sowing time, seedtime”), Faroese sáðtíð (“sowing time”), Old Norse sáðtíð (“April”, literally “seed time”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|seed tyme}} Middle English seed tyme, {{inh|en|ang|sǣdtīma|t=time for sowing, season}} Old English sǣdtīma (“time for sowing, season”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sādatīmō}} Proto-West Germanic *sādatīmō, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sēdatīmô|t=seedtime}} Proto-Germanic *sēdatīmô (“seedtime”), {{com|en|seed|time}} seed + time, {{cog|is|sáðtími|t=sowing time, seedtime}} Icelandic sáðtími (“sowing time, seedtime”), {{cog|fy|siedtiid|t=seedtime}} West Frisian siedtiid (“seedtime”), {{cog|nl|zaaitijd|t=sowing time, seedtime}} Dutch zaaitijd (“sowing time, seedtime”), {{cog|de|Saatzeit|t=season for sowing seed}} German Saatzeit (“season for sowing seed”), {{cog|sv|såddtid|t=sowing time, seedtime}} Swedish såddtid (“sowing time, seedtime”), {{cog|fo|sáðtíð|t=sowing time}} Faroese sáðtíð (“sowing time”), {{cog|non|sáðtíð|lit=seed time|t=April}} Old Norse sáðtíð (“April”, literally “seed time”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} seedtime (countable and uncountable, plural seedtimes)
  1. The time to sow seeds. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the time to sow seeds): kylvöaika (Finnish), aimsir an tsíl [feminine] (Irish)
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  2. (figurative) A time for new development. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-seedtime-en-noun-vyacdWhw

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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