germane

== English == === Etymology 1 === A variant form of german, adapted in this sense in allusions to its use in Shakespeare's Hamlet. ==== Alternative forms ==== germain, germaine (obsolete) ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /dʒɜː(ɹ)ˈmeɪn/ Rhymes: -eɪn (US) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɝˈmeɪn/ Rhymes: -eɪn ==== Adjective ==== germane (comparative more germane, superlative most germane) Related to a topic of discussion or consideration. Synonyms: pertinent, relevant, apt, on-topic; see also Thesaurus:pertinent 1924, W. D. Ross., translator, Aristotle, Metaphysics. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, Book 1, Part 5. Yet this much is germane to the present inquiry: ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From germ(anium) +‎ -ane. ==== Noun ==== germane (countable and uncountable, plural germanes) (inorganic chemistry) germanium tetrahydride, GeH4 (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any organic derivative of this compound. ===== Synonyms ===== germanium tetrahydride germanomethane monogermane ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === Anagrams === Gameren == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡerˈmane/ Rhymes: -ane Syllabification: ger‧ma‧ne === Adverb === germane in the German language Germanly; in the manner of a German ==== Related terms ==== == Italian == === Adjective === germane f pl feminine plural of germano == Latin == === Etymology 1 === germānus (“real, sincere”) +‎ -ē (adverb formant) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛrˈmaː.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒerˈmaː.ne] ==== Adverb ==== germānē (comparative germānius, superlative germānissimē) sincerely === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛrˈmaː.nɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒerˈmaː.ne] ==== Adjective ==== germāne masculine vocative singular of germānus ==== Noun ==== germāne m vocative singular of germānus === References === “germane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “germane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “germane”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.