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germinal

adj
/ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mɪnəl//ˈdʒɜːmɪnəl/UK/ˈd͡ʒɝmənəl/US

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.

  1. derived from *ǵénh₁mn̥✻ — “offspring”, “seed”
  2. derived from *genamen✻
  3. derived from germen
  4. borrowed from germe

Definitions

  1. Relating to spring

  2. Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ.

  3. Relating to a plant ovary.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Serving as a point of origin

      Serving as a point of origin; formative.

      • My upbringing was the germinal idea behind the opera.

    2. Highly influential

      Highly influential; seminal.

      • This case was germinal to development of the theory of joint participation.

    3. The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal…

      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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Derived

abgerminal, adgerminal, bigerminal, germinal cell, germinal center, germinal centre, germinal disc, germinal disk, germinal epithelium, germinally, germinal matrix, germinal membrane, germinal spot, germinal vesicle, nongerminal, postgerminal, subgerminal

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA