Meaning
seed, pip
- bean
- semen
- suit
In a sentence
Ho trovato un seme nella fetta di anguria.
I found a seed in the slice of watermelon.
Hai messo i semi nel vaso sul balcone?
Did you put the seeds in the pot on the balcony?
Nel gioco, il seme di cuori vale meno.
In the game, the suit of hearts is worth less.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| seme | masculine · singular |
| semi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- For fruit, seme is common; pip is often nocciolo for stone fruits, not seme.
- For legumes, seme is technical or agricultural; in everyday speech, use fagiolo, pisello, etc. for the edible bean.
- The playing-card sense usually appears in the plural: i semi di cuori, picche, quadri, fiori.