germen

See also: gérmen

English

Etymology

From Latin germen (“germ, seed”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɜː.mən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɝ.mən/
  • Homophone: German
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mən

Noun

germen (plural germens or germina)

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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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). Confer with genimen.

Pronunciation

Noun

germen n (genitive germinis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case 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
  • germene

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
declension of germen
singular plural
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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin germen (“germ, seed”).

Noun

germen m (plural gérmenes)

  1. germen
  2. microbe, microorganism
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