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See also: Germinal
English[edit]
Pronunciation[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.
- This case was germinal to development of the theory of joint participation.
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]
Translations[edit]
pertaining or belonging to a germ
Further reading[edit]
- “germinal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “germinal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ʒəɾ.miˈnal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ʒər.miˈnal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒeɾ.miˈnal/
Adjective[edit]
germinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural germinals)
Noun[edit]
germinal m (plural germinals)
- (historical) Germinal (the month)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin germin- (“sprout, bud”) + -al.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.mi.nal/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -al
- Homophones: germinale, germinales, germinals
Adjective[edit]
germinal (feminine 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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French germinal.
Noun[edit]
germinal m (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
declension of germinal (singular only)
singular | ||
---|---|---|
m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) germinal | germinalul |
genitive/dative | (unui) germinal | germinalului |
vocative | germinalule |
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
germinal (plural germinales)
Noun[edit]
germinal m (plural germinales)
Further reading[edit]
- “germinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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