seminifer
See also: seminífer
Latin
Etymology
sēmen (“seed, semen”) + -fer (“-bearing”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [seːˈmɪ.nɪ.fɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seˈmiː.ni.fer]
Adjective
sēminifer (feminine sēminifera, neuter sēminiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- (New Latin) seminiferous
- tubulī sēminiferī contortī et rēctī ― convoluted and straight seminiferous tubules
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | sēminifer | sēminifera | sēminiferum | sēminiferī | sēminiferae | sēminifera | |
| genitive | sēminiferī | sēminiferae | sēminiferī | sēminiferōrum | sēminiferārum | sēminiferōrum | |
| dative | sēminiferō | sēminiferae | sēminiferō | sēminiferīs | |||
| accusative | sēminiferum | sēminiferam | sēminiferum | sēminiferōs | sēminiferās | sēminifera | |
| ablative | sēminiferō | sēminiferā | sēminiferō | sēminiferīs | |||
| vocative | sēminifer | sēminifera | sēminiferum | sēminiferī | sēminiferae | sēminifera | |
Descendants
- English: seminiferous
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French séminifère.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seminiˈfer/
Adjective
seminifer m or n (feminine singular seminiferă, masculine plural seminiferi, feminine and neuter plural seminifere)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | seminifer | seminiferă | seminiferi | seminifere | |||
| definite | seminiferul | seminifera | seminiferii | seminiferele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | seminifer | seminifere | seminiferi | seminifere | |||
| definite | seminiferului | seminiferei | seminiferilor | seminiferelor | ||||