semé

See also: seme, śeme, and sème

English

The arms of Jean Jacques Basilien de Gassendi are gules, semy of stars argent, with a canton checky.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French semé (sown).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈmeɪ/

Adjective

semé (not comparable)

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

References

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

semé

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of semar

French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

semé (feminine semée, masculine plural semés, feminine plural semées)

  1. dotted, riddled
    Cette lettre sera semée de mensonges
    That letter will be riddled with lies
  2. (heraldry) sprinkled or sown; said of a field or charge when strewn with small charges

Participle

semé (feminine semée, masculine plural semés, feminine plural semées)

  1. past participle of semer

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