seminal
See also: séminal
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin sēminālis.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈsɛmɪnəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛmɪnəl
Adjective
editseminal (comparative more seminal, superlative most seminal)
- Of or relating to seed or semen.
- 1792, George Louis Le Clerc, Barr's Buffon. Buffon's Natural History, page 126:
- During the summer, he studied calmars at Lisbon, but found no appearance of any roe, nor any reservoir which appeared to be destined for the reception of the seminal liquor; and it was in the middle of December, that he began to discern the first traces of a new vessel replete with a milty juice.
- Creative or having the power to originate.
- Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
- Synonyms: influential, pioneering
- "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science.
- 1827, Julius Hare, Augustus William Hare, Guesses at Truth:
- The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.
- 1988 December 18, Christopher Wittke, “Why I Loved Marc Almond From The Minute I First Read About Him”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 23, page 11:
- The opening strains of "Left to My Own Devices" puts this album directly in the company of two of the most seminal dance albums of this decade, ABC's The Lexicon of Love and Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Welcome to the Pleasuredome.
- 2000, Walter Nicholson, Intermediate microeconomics and its application:
- For a seminal contribution to the economics of fertility, ....
Synonyms
edit- (relating to seed): germinal
- (creative): innovative, primary
- (highly influential): influential, innovative, formative
Derived terms
editTranslations
editof or relating to seed or semen
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creative or having the power to originate
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highly influential
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Noun
editseminal (plural seminals)
- (obsolete) A seed.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- the seminals of spiders and scorpions
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin sēminālis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editseminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural seminals)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “seminal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “seminal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “seminal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “seminal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit
Adjective
editseminal m or f (plural seminais)
- (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
- (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
- seminal; creative; inventive
- seminal (highly influential)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “seminal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French séminal, from Latin seminalis.
Adjective
editseminal m or n (feminine singular seminală, masculine plural seminali, feminine and neuter plural seminale)
Declension
editDeclension of seminal
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | seminal | seminală | seminali | seminale | ||
definite | seminalul | seminala | seminalii | seminalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | seminal | seminale | seminali | seminale | ||
definite | seminalului | seminalei | seminalilor | seminalelor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editseminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural seminales)
- (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
- (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
- seminal; creative; inventive
- seminal (highly influential)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “seminal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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