sperm

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sperme, from Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”). Compare also Old French esperme, sparme. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /spɜɹm/ (UK) IPA(key): /spɜːm/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m Hyphenation: sperm === Noun === sperm (countable and uncountable, plural sperm or sperms) (countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon. (uncountable, slang) Semen; the generative substance of male animals. (chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti. ==== Synonyms ==== (generative substance): cum (vulgar slang), semen (reproductive cell): spermatozoon, sperm cell (of fish): milt (figurative): seed ==== Hypernyms ==== (reproductive cell): gamete ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sperm (third-person singular simple present sperms, present participle sperming, simple past and past participle spermed) (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate on or into. === Anagrams === PMSer, perms, prems == Danish == === Alternative forms === sperma === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma). === Noun === sperm c (singular definite spermen, not used in plural form) sperm Synonym: sæd ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== sperme === References === “sperm” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma) (sense 1). === Noun === sperm m (definite singular spermen, uncountable) sperm short for spermasett (spermaceti); see spermhval. ==== Synonyms ==== sperma sæd ==== Related terms ==== sperme === Verb === sperm imperative of sperme === References === “sperm” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Turkish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /s(ɯ)pæɾm/ === Noun === sperm semen (male reproductory fluid)