Dictionary

seme en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• [ˈsɪi̯m]
• audio
• /ˈsiːm/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma).

Meanings

1. Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation, sign, or symbol.

Forms

Deriveds

semic

Relateds

semiotics · sememe · homosemic · sematology · homosemy · semantics · semantic · homosemous · polysemic · semon · semasiology · polyseme · sememics · polysemous · semiotic · polysemy

seme en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of seem.
   alt of seem

Forms

seme en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of seam.
   alt of seam

Forms

seme en · ADJ · etymology 4

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of semé.
   alt of semé
   • I bear Azure seme of trefoiles, a Lions Paw in fæce, Or, armed Gules. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 46, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 150:

seme en · NOUN · etymology 5

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 攻め (seme), derived from the verb 攻める (semeru, “to attack”).

Meanings

1. (Japanese, slang) An active or dominant male character in a same-sex relationship; a top.
   • […] BL manga readers chose intelligence, protectiveness, and beauty/handsomeness as the top three most important traits in a seme […] 2008, Dru Pagliassotti, “Better Than Romance? Japanese BL Manga and the Subgenre of Male/Male Romantic Fiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre, McFarland & Company (2008), →ISBN, page 73:
   • The seme is larger, stronger, and more traditionally masculine, while the uke is smaller, weaker, and more feminine. 2011, Robin E. Brenner, Snow Wildsmith, “Love through a DIfferent Lens: Japanese Homoerotic Manga through the Eyes of American Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Other Sexualities Readers”, in Timothy Perper, Martha Cornog, editors, Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World, Libraries Unlimited (2011), →ISBN, page 97:
   • Sebas has always been the seme. 2010, Pentabu, My Girlfriend's a Geek, volume 1, Yen Press (2012), →ISBN:

Forms

Antonyms

uke