germinare

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See also: germinaré

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin germināre. Doublet of germogliare.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒer.miˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ger‧mi‧nà‧re

Verb[edit]

germinàre (first-person singular present gèrmino, first-person singular past historic germinài, past participle germinàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive or alternatively when intransitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to germinate [auxiliary essere or avere]
    • c. 13161321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXIII”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎[1], lines 7–9; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Nel ventre tuo si raccese l'amore,
      per lo cui caldo ne l’etterna pace
      così è germinato questo fiore.
      Within thy womb rekindled was the love, by heat of which in the eternal peace after such wise this flower has germinated.
  2. (transitive, literary, rare) to cause to germinate, to produce
  3. (transitive, figurative) to cause

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Further reading[edit]

  • germinare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • germinare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • germinare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • germinàre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • germinare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • germinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

germināre

  1. inflection of germinō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From germina +‎ -re.

Noun[edit]

germinare f (plural germinări)

  1. germination

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Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /xeɾmiˈnaɾe/ [xeɾ.miˈna.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Syllabification: ger‧mi‧na‧re

Verb[edit]

germinare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of germinar