semé

/səˈmeɪ/

adjective

Sprinkled, sown, strewn: said of a field or charge when strewn with small (identical) charges.

Meanings

adjectivesemé (not comparable)

alternative semy · alternative seme · alternative semee · alternative semée · alternative seméed

  1. not comparablegovernmentSprinkled, sown, strewn: said of a field or charge when strewn with small (identical) charges.

Origin

  1. Frenchsemé“sown”
  2. Englishsemé

From French semé (“sown”). Doublet of seminate and semined.

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APA

semé. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sem%C3%A9

MLA

“semé.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sem%C3%A9. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semé,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sem%C3%A9.

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