semis
French, noun/sə.mi/
semis is spelled S-E-M-I-S (5 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Semis is a French masculine noun meaning “a technique for planting seeds on a terrain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mise en terre des semences ; action de semer”.
What does semis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea technique for planting seeds on a terrain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mise en terre des semences ; action de semer. 2. Plant d’arbrisseaux, de plantes, de fleurs venant de graines. 3. Jeunes plants issus de la germination des graines. 4. Ornement répandu ; motif fréquemment répété.
noun: 1. semis\sə.mi\masculin* Monnaie romaine antique, créée sous la République romaine, valant la moitié d'un as de bronze.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce semis?
- /sə.mi/
- \sə.mi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to semis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is semis in French?
semis appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).