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sperm | n |

As a noun sperm

is (uncountable) semen; the generative substance of male animals.

As a letter n is

the letter n with a tilde.

sperm

English

(wikipedia sperm)

Noun

  • (uncountable) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
  • *, II.12:
  • Other Nations there are, that never have use of fire; Others, whose sperme is of a blacke colour.
  • (cytology) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
  • * 2012 , Sarah Whitehouse, The Guardian , 13 Apr 2012:
  • Seeing the two little moving cells – the result of her egg and Luke's sperm – was incredible, and two very long weeks later the clinic confirmed I was pregnant.
  • (chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.
  • Synonyms

    * spermatozoon * sperm cell * cum

    Hypernyms

    * gamete

    Derived terms

    * asthenospermic * sperm cell * sperm count * sperm whale * spermatheca * spermatocyte * spermicidal * spermicide * spermous

    Anagrams

    * * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

    (nb-noun-mu)
  • Synonyms

    * sperma *

    Verb

    (head)
  • Imperative of (l)
  • ----

    n

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=m, next=o, image=

    Letter

  • The fourteenth letter of the .
  • #
  • #
  • Synonyms

    *

    See also

    (Latn-script) * Preceded by apostrophe: 'n * Hiragana]]: [[? * (no) {{Letter , page=N , NATO=November , Morse=–· , Character=N , Braille=? }} Image:Latin N.png, Capital and lowercase versions of N , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter N.png, Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

    Symbol

    (head)
  • alveolar nasal.
  • Sample size.
  • neutron
  • An arbitrary natural number.