germinal

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See also: Germinal

English

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mɪnəl/

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germinal (comparative more germinal, superlative most germinal)

  1. Relating to spring
  2. Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ.
  3. (botany) Relating to a plant ovary.
  4. (figuratively) Serving as a point of origin; formative.
    My upbringing was the germinal idea behind the opera.
  5. (figuratively) Highly influential; seminal.
    This case was germinal to development of the theory of joint participation.

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

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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germinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural germinals)

  1. germinal

Noun

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germinal m (plural germinals)

  1. (historical) Germinal (the month)

French

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Etymology

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From Latin germin- (sprout, bud) + -al.

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

  1. germinal

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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germinal m (plural germinals)

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

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French germinal.

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germinal m (uncountable)

  1. Germinal

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xeɾmiˈnal/ [xeɾ.miˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ger‧mi‧nal

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germinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural germinales)

  1. germinal

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germinal m (plural germinales)

  1. Germinal

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