germen
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See also: gérmen
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin germen (“germ, seed”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
germen (plural germens or germina)
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *genmen, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring”, “seed”), from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”, “to give birth”).[1] Equivalent to gignō (“I beget”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Confer with genimen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
germen n (genitive germinis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | germen | germina |
Genitive | germinis | germinum |
Dative | germinī | germinibus |
Accusative | germen | germina |
Ablative | germine | germinibus |
Vocative | germen | germina |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- germen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- germen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- germen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
germen m (plural germeni)
- embryo
- Synonym: embrion
- (biology) seed, germ (small mass of cells from which an organism grows)
- germ
- Synonym: microb
- principle, element, component
Declension[edit]
Declension of germen
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) germen | germenul | (niște) germeni | germenii |
genitive/dative | (unui) germen | germenului | (unor) germeni | germenilor |
vocative | germenule | germenilor |
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin germen (“germ, seed”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
germen m (plural gérmenes)
Further reading[edit]
- “germen” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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