germen

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English

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Etymology

From Latin germen (“germ, seed”). Doublet of germ.

Pronunciation

Noun

germen (plural germens or germina)

  1. (biology) The basic form of an organism; the seed or germ.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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”).[1] Equivalent to gignō (“I beget”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix). Compare with genimen.

Pronunciation

Noun

germen n (genitive germinis); third declension

  1. shoot, sprout, bud
  2. germ, seed, origin
  3. embryo, fetus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative germen germina
genitive germinis germinum
dative germinī germinibus
accusative germen germina
ablative germine germinibus
vocative germen germina

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “germen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “germen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • germen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ “gens”; in: Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, →ISBN

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin germen.

Noun

germen m (plural germeni)

  1. embryo
    Synonym: embrion
  2. (biology) seed, germ (small mass of cells from which an organism grows)
  3. germ
    Synonym: microb
  4. principle, element, component
    Synonyms: principiu, element

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative germen germenul germeni germenii
genitive-dative germen germenului germeni germenilor
vocative germenule germenilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin germen (“germ, seed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

germen m (plural gérmenes)

  1. germen
  2. microbe, microorganism
  3. (figurative) seed, origin

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