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Seme
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/siːm/
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/siːm/
Translation of "seme" into Russian
Definitions
seme
Noun
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In semantics and semiotics, a seme is the smallest distinctive unit of meaning, a single semantic feature that contributes to the overall sense of a word or sign.
Linguists analyse words like "dogs" as containing the seme [+animate].
seme
Verb
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(Archaic) To seem; to appear to be.
It seme not meet to tarry any longer.
seme
Adjective
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Heraldic: scattered or sown with a number of small identical figures across the entire surface.
The shield was blazoned azure seme of fleurs-de-lis.