germen
See also: gérmen
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin germen (“germ, seed”). Doublet of germ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
germen (plural germens or germina)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡer.men/, [ˈɡɛrmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒer.men/, [ˈd͡ʒɛrmen]
Noun edit
germen n (genitive germinis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | germen | germina |
Genitive | germinis | germinum |
Dative | germinī | germinibus |
Accusative | germen | germina |
Ablative | germine | germinibus |
Vocative | germen | germina |
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “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.
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
germen m (plural germeni)
- embryo
- Synonym: embrion
- (biology) seed, germ (small mass of cells from which an organism grows)
- germ
- Synonym: microb
- principle, element, component
Declension edit
Declension of germen
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) germen | germenul | (niște) germeni | germenii |
genitive/dative | (unui) germen | germenului | (unor) germeni | germenilor |
vocative | germenule | germenilor |
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin germen (“germ, seed”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
germen m (plural gérmenes)
Further reading edit
- “germen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014