seminal

See also: séminal

English

Etymology

From Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin sēminālis.

Adjective

seminal (comparative more seminal, superlative most seminal)

1. Of or relating to seed or semen.
2. Creative or having the power to originate.
3. Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.

   Synonyms: influential, pioneering

   • (Can we date this quote by Hare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.

   "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science.

   • 2000, Walter Nicholson, Intermediate microeconomics and its application:

     For a seminal contribution to the economics of fertility, ....

Synonyms

• (relating to seed): germinal
• (creative): innovative, primary
• (highly influential): innovative, formative

Derived terms

• human seminal plasma protein hypersensitivity
• nonseminal
• seminal fluid
• seminality
• seminally
• seminal vesicle

 

Translations

of or relating to seed or semen

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 種子的／种子的 (zh), 种子的 (zh) (zhǒngzi de), 精液的 (zh) (jīngyè de)

• Dutch: zaad- (nl)
• Finnish: siemen- (fi)
• French: séminal (fr)
• German: Saat- (de)
• Italian: seminale (it)
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• Lithuanian: sėklinis
• Portuguese: seminal
• Russian: семенно́й (ru) (semennój)
• Scottish Gaelic: sìolach
• Slovene: seménski, seminálen
• Spanish: seminal (es)

creative or having the power to originate

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 創造性的／创造性的 (zh), 创造性的 (zh) (chuàngzàoxìng de)

• Dutch: creatief (nl)
• French: créatif (fr), reproductif (fr), fondateur (fr), fécond (fr)
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• German: fruchtbar (de), produktiv (de)
• Portuguese: seminal
• Russian: плодови́тый (ru) (plodovítyj)
• Spanish: germinal (es)

highly influential

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 影響深遠的／影响深远的, 影响深远的 (yǐngxiǎn shēnyuǎn de)

• Dutch: invloedrijk (nl), belangrijk (nl)
• Finnish: uraauurtava, mullistava (fi)
• French: influent (fr), important (fr), essentiel (fr)
• German: einflussreich (de), grundlegend (de), bahnbrechend (de)
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• Italian: seminale (it)
• Portuguese: seminal
• Russian: основополага́ющий (ru) (osnovopolagájuščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: утицајан m (uticajan), плодоносан m (plodonosan)
• Spanish: influyente
• Swedish: nyskapande (sv), inflytelserik (sv)

Noun

seminal (plural seminals)

1. (obsolete) A seed.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     the seminals of spiders and scorpions

Anagrams

• Elamins, Malines, isleman, menials, salmine

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
2. (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
3. seminal; creative; inventive
4. seminal (highly influential)

Synonyms

• (creative): criativo, inventivo, fértil

Related terms

• sêmen
• semente

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

seminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural seminales)

1. (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
2. (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
3. seminal; creative; inventive
4. seminal (highly influential)