germinal
See also: Germinal
English
Usage notes
In sense “highly influential”, primarily used as a consciously feminist alternative to male seminal (germ (“egg”) vs. semen).
Derived terms
Derived terms
- germinal cell
- germinal disk
- germinal epithelium
- germinal matrix
- germinal membrane
- germinal spot
- germinal vesicle
- postgerminal
- subgerminal
Translations
Further reading
- germinal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- germinal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.mi.nal/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
germinal (feminine singular germinale, masculine plural germinaux, feminine plural germinales)
Noun
germinal m (plural germinals)
- (historical) Germinal (the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar)
See also
Further reading
- “germinal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
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