See also: séminal

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From Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin sēminālis.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛmɪnəl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛmɪnəl

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seminal (comparative more seminal, superlative most seminal)

  1. 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.
  2. Creative or having the power to originate.
  3. 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.
    • 2000, Walter Nicholson, Intermediate microeconomics and its application:
      For a seminal contribution to the economics of fertility, ....

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seminal (plural seminals)

  1. (obsolete) A seed.

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Borrowed from Latin sēminālis.

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seminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural seminals)

  1. seminal

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Etymology edit

From Latin sēminālis.

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  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nal

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seminal m or f (plural seminais)

  1. (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
  2. (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
  3. seminal; creative; inventive
    Synonyms: criativo, inventivo, fértil
  4. seminal (highly influential)

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Borrowed from French séminal, from Latin seminalis.

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seminal m or n (feminine singular seminală, masculine plural seminali, feminine and neuter plural seminale)

  1. seminal

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Etymology edit

From Latin sēminālis.

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  • IPA(key): /semiˈnal/ [se.miˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: se‧mi‧nal

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seminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural seminales)

  1. (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
  2. (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
  3. seminal; creative; inventive
  4. seminal (highly influential)

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