From Middle English sperme, from Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα.

• (America) IPA: /spɜɹm/
• (British) IPA: /spɜːm/

sperm

1. (countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
2. (uncountable, slang) Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC ↗:

     Other Nations there are, that never have use of fire; Others, whose sperme is of a blacke colour.

3. (chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.

• (generative substance) cum (vulgar slang), semen
• (reproductive cell) spermatozoon, sperm cell
• (of fish) milt
• (figurative) seed

• French: spermatozoïde
• German: Spermium, Samenzelle
• Italian: spermatozoo
• Portuguese: espermatozoide
• Russian: сперматозо́ид
• Spanish: espermatozoide

• French: sperme, semence
• German: Sperma
• Italian: sperma
• Portuguese: esperma
• Russian: спе́рма
• Spanish: esperma

• Italian: spermaceti

sperm (sperms, present participle sperming; simple past and past participle spermed)

1. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
2. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate on or into.