germinal

See also: Germinal

English

Adjective

germinal (comparative more germinal, superlative most germinal)

1. Pertaining or belonging to a germ.
2. (figuratively) Of or pertaining to something very small, as small as a germ; pertaining to the essence of something.

   It was only the most germinal idea, to start writing a book, originally.

3. (figuratively) Highly influential, seminal.

Usage notes

In sense “highly influential”, primarily used as a consciously feminist alternative to male seminal (germ (“egg”) vs. semen).

Synonyms

• (relating to seed): seminal
• (influential): seminal

Derived terms

Derived terms

• germinal cell
• germinal disk
• germinal epithelium
• germinal matrix

• germinal membrane
• germinal spot
• germinal vesicle
• subgerminal

Translations

pertaining or belonging to a germ

• Bulgarian: зародишен (zarodišen), зачатъчен (bg) (začatǎčen)
• Catalan: germinal (ca)

• Spanish: germinal

Further reading

• germinal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• germinal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• maligner, malinger

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Catalan

Adjective

germinal (masculine and feminine plural germinals)

1. germinal

Noun

germinal m (plural germinals)

1. (historical) Germinal (the month).

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French

Etymology

Taken from Latin germen, germinis (“sprout, bud”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛʁ.mi.nal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

germinal (feminine singular germinale, masculine plural germinaux, feminine plural germinales)

1. germinal

Noun

germinal m (plural germinals)

1. (historical) Germinal (the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar)

See also

• (French Republican Calendar months) mois du calendrier républicain; vendémiaire, brumaire, frimaire, nivôse, pluviôse, ventôse, germinal, floréal, prairial, messidor, thermidor, fructidor

Further reading

• “germinal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• malingre

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Spanish

Adjective

germinal (plural germinales)

1. germinal

Noun

germinal m (plural germinales)

1. Germinal