germano

See also: Germano, germano-, and Germano-

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin Germānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡerˈmano]
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• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: ger‧ma‧no

Noun

germano (accusative singular germanon, plural germanoj, accusative plural germanojn)

1. a German (person from Germany)

   Hypernym: eŭropano

Related terms

• germana (“German”)
• germane (“in German”)
• Germanio (“Germany”)

 

Interlingua

Proper noun

germano

1. German (language)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: ger‧mà‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin Germānus (“Germanic”).

Adjective

germano (feminine germana, masculine plural germani, feminine plural germane)

1. (historical) Germanic; related to the Germanic peoples

   Synonym: germanico

2. (literary) German

   Synonym: tedesco

Noun

germano m (plural germani)

1. (zoology) mallard

Etymology 2

From Latin germānus (“brotherly”).

Adjective

germano (feminine germana, masculine plural germani, feminine plural germane)

1. born from the same parents

   fratello germano ― sibling

Noun

germano m (plural germani)

1. (poetic) brother

   Synonym: fratello

Anagrams

• magnerò, magrone, mangerò, marengo, margone, megaron, mergano

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡerˈmaː.noː/, [ɡɛrˈmäːnoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.no/, [d͡ʒerˈmäːno]

Adjective

germānō

1. masculine/neuter dative/ablative singular of germānus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nu/ [ʒeɦˈmɐ̃.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nu/ [ʒeɦˈmɐ̃.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒeɾˈmɐ̃.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeɻˈmɐ.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨɾˈmɐ.nu/

• Homophone: Germano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Germānus (“German”).

Noun

germano m (plural germanos, feminine germana, feminine plural germanas)

1. German (member of a Germanic tribe)

   Synonym: alemão

Hyponyms

• See Thesaurus:germano

Coordinate terms

• See Thesaurus:germano

Related terms

• Alemanha
• alemão
• germânico
• germanismo
• germanista
• germanização
• germanizar
• germanófilo
• germanófobo

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin germānus (“of siblings”), from germen (“sprout, bud”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to bear”) + *-mn̥. Compare the inherited doublet irmão.

Noun

germano m (plural germanos)

1. a brother or sister with the same mother and father (as opposed to a stepbrother or sister)

Adjective

germano (feminine germana, masculine plural germanos, feminine plural germanas)

1. legitimate; genuine

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:autêntico

   Antonyms: apócrifo, falso, inverídico

Related terms

• germe
• irmão

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Germānus (“German, Germanic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeɾˈmano/ [xeɾˈma.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: ger‧ma‧no

Adjective

germano (feminine germana, masculine plural germanos, feminine plural germanas)

1. Germanic, German

Noun

germano m (plural germanos, feminine germana, feminine plural germanas)

1. German

Further reading

• “germano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014