germinal

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mɪnəl/ === Adjective === germinal (comparative more germinal, superlative most germinal) Relating to spring Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ. (botany) Relating to a plant ovary. (figuratively) Serving as a point of origin; formative. (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 spring): vernal (relating to seed): seminal (influential): seminal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== franc germinal ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “germinal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “germinal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Malinger, Glanmire, meangirl, mean girl, maligner, malinger, Malingre == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒər.miˈnal] IPA(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒeɾ.miˈnal] === Adjective === germinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural germinals) germinal === Noun === germinal m (plural germinals) (historical) Germinal (the month) == French == === Etymology === From Latin germin- (“sprout, bud”) + -al. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.mi.nal/ Rhymes: -al Homophones: germinale, germinales, germinals === Adjective === germinal (feminine germinale, masculine plural germinaux, feminine plural germinales) germinal === Noun === germinal m (plural germinals) (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 (Category: fr:Months) === Further reading === “germinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === malingre == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French germinal. === Noun === germinal m (uncountable) Germinal ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xeɾmiˈnal/ [xeɾ.miˈnal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: ger‧mi‧nal === Adjective === germinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural germinales) germinal === Noun === germinal m (plural germinales) Germinal === Further reading === “germinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025