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germinal

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11
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15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mɪnəl/
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/ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mɪnəl/ · /ˈdʒɜːmɪnəl/ (UK) · /ˈd͡ʒɝmənəl/ (US)

Definition of germinal

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Relating to spring
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adj

  1. Relating to spring
  2. Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ.
  3. 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.”

name

  1. (historical)The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal equinox (March 21 or 22) and ending on April 19 or 20.

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Etymology

From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen. From earlier *genmen via dissimilation, from Proto-Italic *genamen, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring”, “seed”), from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”, “to give birth”). Compare with genimen.

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