germain

See also: gèrmain and Germain

English

Adjective

germain (comparative more germain, superlative most germain)

1. Obsolete form of germane.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “germain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• germina, mangier, mearing, reaming

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French

Etymology 1

From Old French, borrowed from Latin germānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛʁ.mɛ̃/

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Adjective

germain (feminine germaine, masculine plural germains, feminine plural germaines)

1. german (having the same mother and father)

Derived terms

• cousin germain, cousine germaine

Further reading

• “germain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology 2

From Old French, borrowed from Latin Germānus.

Adjective

germain (feminine germaine, masculine plural germains, feminine plural germaines)

1. Germanic, German