This is the 4929th most frequent French word.
semé
"Semé" means "sown" or "scattered."
Here, 'semé' is used in the context of scattering seeds to plant flowers. It denotes the physical act of sowing.
Il a semé des fleurs dans le jardin.
He sowed flowers in the garden.
In this sentence, 'semé' is used metaphorically to express the spreading or instilling of an abstract concept, like confusion.
Cette situation a semé la confusion parmi les participants.
This situation sowed confusion among the participants.
Here, 'semé' is used to describe being scattered or distributed, specifically in cases where items (like obstacles) are dispersed across an area.