germane

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word germane. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word germane, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say germane in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word germane you have here. The definition of the word germane will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofgermane, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Germane

English

WOTD – 15 April 2007

Etymology 1

Variant form of german, adapted in this sense in allusions to its use in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dʒɜː(ɹ)ˈmeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • (US) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɝˈmeɪn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Adjective

germane (comparative more germane, superlative most germane)

  1. 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:
    • 1997, David Foster Wallace, “Tennis Player Michael Joyce’s Professional Artistry as a Paradigm of Certain Stuff About Choice, Freedom, Limitation, Joy, Grotesquerie, and Human Completeness”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group:
      Connors was addicted to this racquet and kept using it even after Wilson stopped making it, forfeiting millions in potential endorsement money by doing so. Connors was eccentric (and kind of repulsive) in lots of other ways, too, none of which are germane to this article.
    • 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:
      Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. For Homer, it means forking over a hundred dollars for a dusty box of chocolates at the Kwik-E-Mart after characteristically forgetting the holiday yet again. For Ned, it’s another opportunity to prove his love for his wife. Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk.
Related terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From germ(anium) +‎ -ane.

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Noun

germane (plural germanes)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) germanium tetrahydride, GeH4
  3. (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any organic derivative of this compound.
Synonyms
Translations

References

  1. ^ IUPAC (2014) Henri A. Favre and Warren H. Powell, editors, Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013, Cambdridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, pages 131, 143–144

Anagrams

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adverb

germane

  1. in the German language
  2. Germanly; in the manner of a German

Related terms

Italian

Adjective

germane f pl

  1. feminine plural of germano

Latin

Etymology 1

germānus (“real, sincere”) +‎ -ē (adverb formant)

Pronunciation

Adverb

germānē (comparative germānius, superlative germānissimē)

  1. sincerely

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

germāne

  1. masculine 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.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia