semé
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French semé (“sown”). Doublet of seminate and semined.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈmeɪ/
Adjective
semé (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Sprinkled, sown, strewn: said of a field or charge when strewn with small (identical) charges.
Related terms
References
- “semé”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
semé
- first-person singular preterite indicative of semar
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
semé (feminine semée, masculine plural semés, feminine plural semées)
- dotted, riddled
- Cette lettre sera semée de mensonges
- That letter will be riddled with lies
- (heraldry) sprinkled or sown; said of a field or charge when strewn with small charges
Participle
semé (feminine semée, masculine plural semés, feminine plural semées)
- past participle of semer
Further reading
- “semé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.