semer

Inherited from Old French semer, from Latin sēmināre.

• IPA^(key): /sə.me/

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semer

1. to sow (scatter seed, etc.)
2. to shake off, to lose (a pursuer)
   • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:

     […] 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.

     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.

3. (figuratively) to spread, to sow

   semer la zizanie ― to sow dissent, to sow discord

   semer la pagaille ― to spread disorder, to wreak havoc

   semer la peur ― to fearmonger

   semer la terreur ― to spread terror

   semer la désolation ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   semer la mort ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il sème and the third-person singular future indicative il sèmera.

• qui sème le vent récolte la tempête

• “semer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• mères

From Latin sēmināre, present active infinitive of sēminō.

semer

1. to sow (scatter seed, etc.)

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• semance

• French: semer
• Norman: s'maïr, s'mer

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سمر (semer, “packsaddle”), from Greek σαμάρι (samári, “packsaddle”), diminutive of Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma, “packsaddle”).

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• Hyphenation: se‧mer

semer (definite accusative semeri, plural semerler)

1. packsaddle
2. (geology) anticline
3. (biology) clitellum

• semerci
• eşeğe altın semer vursalar yine eşektir