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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
germinal (comparative more germinal, superlative most germinal)
- Relating to spring
- Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ.
- (botany) Relating to a plant ovary
- (figuratively) Serving as a point of origin; formative.
- My upbringing was the germinal idea behind the opera.
- (figuratively) Highly influential; seminal. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Usage notes[edit]
In sense “highly influential”, primarily used as a consciously feminist alternative to male seminal (germ (“egg”) vs. semen).
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Translations[edit]
pertaining or belonging to a germ
Further reading[edit]
- germinal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- germinal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Adjective[edit]
germinal (masculine and feminine plural germinals)
Noun[edit]
germinal m (plural germinals)
- (historical) Germinal (the month).
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Taken from Latin germen, germinis (“sprout, bud”) + -al.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.mi.nal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Homophones: germinale, germinales, germinals
Adjective[edit]
germinal (feminine singular germinale, masculine plural germinaux, feminine plural germinales)
Noun[edit]
germinal m (plural germinals)
- (historical) Germinal (the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar)
See also[edit]
- (French Republican Calendar months) mois du calendrier républicain; vendémiaire, brumaire, frimaire, nivôse, pluviôse, ventôse, germinal, floréal, prairial, messidor, thermidor, fructidor (Category: fr:Months)
Further reading[edit]
- “germinal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
germinal (plural germinales)
Noun[edit]
germinal m (plural germinales)
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