semer
French, verb/sə.me/
semer is a French verb meaning “to sow (scatter seed, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Répandre de la graine ou du grain sur une terre préparée, afin de les faire produire et multiplier”.
What does semer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sow (scatter seed, etc.)
- 2
to shake off, to lose (a pursuer)
- 3
to spread, to sow
semer la zizanie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Répandre de la graine ou du grain sur une terre préparée, afin de les faire produire et multiplier. 2. Ensemencer. 3. Répandre, jeter çà et là, disséminer. 4. Parsemer, couvrir çà et là avec des choses que l’on répand.
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.
Forms of semer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- semant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- semé participle past
- sème first-person indicative present
- sèmes indicative present second-person
- semons first-person indicative plural
- semez indicative plural present
- sèment indicative plural present
- semais first-person imperfect indicative
- semait imperfect indicative singular
- semions first-person imperfect indicative
- semiez imperfect indicative plural
- semaient imperfect indicative plural
- semai first-person historic indicative
- semas historic indicative past
- sema historic indicative past
- semâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce semer?
- /sə.me/
- \sə.me\
- [sə.me]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to semer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is semer in French?
semer appears 4.2 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).