English [ edit ]

Alternative forms [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Originally US English; first attested with the meaning “energy” in 1842, and with the meaning “semen” in c.1888.[1] For semantic development, compare spunk.

Unlikely to be related to Arabic جِسْم‎ (jism, “body”) (or its Hindi derivative जिस्म (jisma)).

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

jism (countable and uncountable, plural jisms)

Spirit or energy. ( vulgar , slang ) Semen. 1981, John Updike, Rabbit is Rich “ [ … ] the girls in blue movies rub their faces in jism”

Translations [ edit ]

slang: semen Bulgarian: сперма f ( sperma )

Dutch: kwakje (nl) n

French: camelotte (fr) f , béchamel (fr) m , foutre (fr) m

, , Hungarian: geci (hu) Portuguese: porra (pt) f , leite (pt) m , gozo (pt) gala (pt)

, , Russian: спе́рма (ru) f ( spérma ) ( slang ) , се́мя (ru) n ( sémja ) , молофья́ (ru) f ( molofʹjá )

, , Swedish: sperma (sv) c , säd (sv) c , sats (sv) c , sagge (sv) c

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