sow

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A female pig.
2. A female bear, she-bear.
3. A female guinea pig.
4. A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
5. A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
6. (derogatory, slang) A contemptible, often fat woman.
7. A sowbug.
8. A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
2. (figuratively) To spread abroad; to propagate. (usu. negative connotation)
3. (figuratively) To scatter over; to besprinkle.
4. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of sew.

Concepts

semer

truie

planter

🌱

ensemencer

coche

cochon femelle

répandre

éparpiller

séparer

disperser

cochon

gueuse

parsemer

gueuse-mère

Synonymes

plant

🌱

scatter

seed

female pig

spread

sprinkle

pig

🐖

disseminate

strew

cultivate

throw

scatter seeds

sow seeds

inseminate

spread out

swine

disperse

hog

sow in

pepper

salamander

separate

sough

broadcast

propagate

termite

transplant

white ant

pour down

scatter about

culture

spread around

culture germs

scatter the seed

iron runner

hearth accretion

wall accretion

sow broadcast

boar

🐗

furnace accretion

bury

cast

cast aside

divide

drop

garden

grow

implant

make known

oaf

Traductions

sembrar

🌱

seminare

säen

Sau

cerda

zaaien

semear

zeug

scrofa

puerca

troia

cochina

σπέρνω

porca

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/saʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sowe

Hérité de ancien anglais: sugu

Appartenant à frison occidental: sûch

Appartenant à néerlandais: zeug

Appartenant à bas-allemand: Söög

Appartenant à allemand: Sau

Appartenant à suédois: sugga

Appartenant à norvégien: sugge

Appartenant à gallois: hwch

Appartenant à sanskrit: सूकर

Appartenant à latin: sūs

Appartenant à Tokharian B: suwo

Appartenant à grec ancien: ὗς

Appartenant à albanais: thi

Appartenant à avestique: 𐬵𐬏

Hérité de moyen anglais: sowen

Hérité de ancien anglais: sāwan

Appartenant à néerlandais: zaaien

Appartenant à allemand: säen

Appartenant à danois: så

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: så

In summary

From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *su(H)kéh₂, from *suH- (“pig”).
See also West Frisian sûch, Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, German Sau, Swedish sugga, Norwegian sugge; also Welsh hwch (“pig”), Sanskrit सूकर (sūkará, “swine, boar”); also Danish so, German Sau, Latin sūs, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū, “boar”). See also swine. Doublet of soor.