sperm /spɜːm $ spɜːrm/ BrE AmE noun ( plural sperm or sperms )
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: sperma , from Greek , 'seed' ]
1 . [countable] ( also ˈsperm cell ) a cell produced by the sex organs of a male person or animal, which is able to join with the female egg to produce a new life
2 . [uncountable] the liquid from the male sex organs that these cells swim in SYN semen
3 . sperm count a medical measurement of the number of sperm a man has, which shows if he is able to make a woman ↑ pregnant