"semer" meaning in French

See semer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /sə.me/ Audio: Fr-semer.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French semer, from Latin sēmināre. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|semer|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French semer, {{inh+|fr|fro|semer}} Inherited from Old French semer, {{inh|fr|la|sēminō|sēmināre}} Latin sēmināre Head templates: {{fr-verb}} semer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], semer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], semant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], semé [participle, past], sème [first-person, indicative, present, singular], sèmes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], sème [indicative, present, singular, third-person], semons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], semez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], sèment [indicative, plural, present, third-person], semais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], semais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], semait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], semions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], semiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], semaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], semai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], semas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], sema [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], semâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], semâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], semèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], sèmerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], sèmeras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], sèmera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], sèmerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], sèmerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], sèmeront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], sèmerais [conditional, first-person, singular], sèmerais [conditional, second-person, singular], sèmerait [conditional, singular, third-person], sèmerions [conditional, first-person, plural], sèmerions [conditional, first-person, plural], sèmeriez [conditional, plural, second-person], sèmeriez [conditional, plural, second-person], sèmeraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], sème [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], sèmes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], sème [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], semions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], semiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], sèment [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], semasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], semasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], semât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], semassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], semassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], semassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], sème [imperative, second-person, singular], semons [first-person, imperative, plural], semez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to sow (scatter seed, etc.)
    Sense id: en-semer-fr-verb-dM0ZLB7e Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -e-er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -e-er: 35 43 23
  2. to shake off, to lose (a pursuer)
    Sense id: en-semer-fr-verb-jmF01CWR Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -e-er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -e-er: 35 43 23
  3. (figuratively) to spread, to sow Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-semer-fr-verb-HCQQBBBe Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -e-er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 31 20 48 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -e-er: 35 43 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: qui sème le vent récolte la tempête, semaison, semeur Related terms: inséminer, saison, semailles, semence, séminaire, séminal

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "qui sème le vent récolte la tempête"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "semaison"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "semeur"
    }
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "semais",
      "ipa": "/sə.mɛ/",
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "semait",
      "ipa": "/sə.mɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "semions",
      "ipa": "/sə.mjɔ̃/",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "semaient",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "semâtes",
      "ipa": "/sə.mat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "semèrent",
      "ipa": "/sə.mɛʁ/",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/sɛm.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sèmeras",
      "ipa": "/sɛm.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "sèmera",
      "ipa": "/sɛm.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sèmerons",
      "ipa": "/sɛm.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sèmerez",
      "ipa": "/sɛm.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sèmeront",
      "ipa": "/sɛm.ʁɔ̃/",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "ipa": "/sɛm.ʁɛ/",
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      "ipa": "/sɛm.ʁɛ/",
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        "second-person",
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    },
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      "form": "sèmerait",
      "ipa": "/sɛm.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèmerions",
      "ipa": "/sɛ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèmerions",
      "ipa": "/se.mə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèmeriez",
      "ipa": "/sɛ.mə.ʁje/",
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        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèmeriez",
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      "form": "sèmeraient",
      "ipa": "/sɛm.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
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      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sème",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèmes",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sème",
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semions",
      "ipa": "/sə.mjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semiez",
      "ipa": "/sə.mje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sèment",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semasse",
      "ipa": "/sə.mas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semasses",
      "ipa": "/sə.mas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semât",
      "ipa": "/sə.ma/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semassions",
      "ipa": "/sə.ma.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semassiez",
      "ipa": "/sə.ma.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semassent",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
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    },
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      "form": "sème",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "semons",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "semez",
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      ]
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "inséminer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "saison"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "semailles"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "semence"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "séminaire"
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "to sow (scatter seed, etc.)"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "[…] 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.",
          "ref": "2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:",
          "text": "[…] 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "to shake off, to lose (a pursuer)"
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          "lose",
          "lose"
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "ref": "2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:",
          "text": "[…] 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.",
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