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Meaning of Sperm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
spɜɹm

Definitions

  1. The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
  2. Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
  3. Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca məni sperma toxum
Беларуская сперма
Български сперма
Català esperma
Čeština chám semeno sperma spermie
Cymraeg sberm
Dansk sæd
Deutsch Samen Samenzelle Sperma Spermium
Esperanto spermatozoo spermo
Eesti sperma
فارسی منی
ગુજરાતી વીર્ય
Magyar mag ondó spermium
Bahasa Indonesia sperma
Íslenska sæði sæðisfruma
日本語 精子 精液
ქართული თესლი სპერმა
Қазақша шәует
한국어 정액 정자
Kurdî dol sperm
Latina sperma
ລາວ ພັນ
Lietuvių sėkla sperma
Latviešu sēkla sperma
Македонски сперма
Монгол дусал
Bahasa Melayu benih sperma
မြန်မာဘာသာ သုက်ကောင် သုက်ပိုး
Nederlands sperma spermacel
پښتو مني
Português esperma espermatozoide
Română sperma spermatozoid
Slovenčina spermia
Slovenščina sperma
Shqip spermë
Српски dol sekla šlag sperma сперма шлаг
Kiswahili mbegu za kiume
தமிழ் விந்து
Tagalog punlay tamod
Türkçe döl sperm
ئۇيغۇرچە مەنى
Українська сперма
اردو منی

Examples

“In the Fall into the division of labor, Levi-Strauss sees the great hunters trading women to create the exogamous bonds of one hunting band with another. The egg is, but the sperm does. The tiny sperm may be furious in its activity, but its highway to the egg is paved by the alkaline trail set down by the Great Mother.”
“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.”
““Female may accept the sperms of male that can catapult but deplete the sperms of male that can be easily caught by her,” he said.”
“However, in some men precum will contain sperm so adequate protection should be used to prevent pregnancy.”
“Other Nations there are, that never have use of fire; Others, whose sperme is of a blacke colour.”
“Deer sperm was in used among the Romans as an aphrodisiac.”
“Holding his candle so that he could read the coffin plates, and so holding it that the sperm dropped in white patches which congealed as they touched the metal, he made assurance of Lucy’s coffin.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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