noun
Meaning 1
The time to sow seeds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
seedtime
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Pronunciation
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/ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/
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noun
Meaning 2
A time for new development.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the time during which seeds should be planted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: season
noun
Meaning 4
any time of new development
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: phase, stage
History
Etymology
From Middle English seed tyme, from Old English sǣdtīma (“time for sowing, season”), from Proto-West Germanic *sādatīmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēdatīmô (“seedtime”), equivalent to seed + time. Cognate with Icelandic sáðtími (“sowing time, seedtime”). Compare also West Frisian siedtiid (“seedtime”), Dutch zaaitijd (“sowing time, seedtime”), German Saatzeit (“season for sowing seed”), Swedish såddtid (“sowing time, seedtime”), Faroese sáðtíð (“sowing time”), Old Norse sáðtíð (“April”, literally “seed time”).
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kylvöaika — the time to sow seeds
- Irish: aimsir an tsíl — the time to sow seeds