"germ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /d͡ʒɜːm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /d͡ʒɝm/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-germ.ogg [US] Forms: germs [plural]
enPR: jûrm Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m Etymology: From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{bor|en|frm|germe}} Middle French germe, {{der|en|la|germen||bud, seed, embryo}} Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”), {{doublet|en|germen}} Doublet of germen Head templates: {{en-noun}} germ (plural germs)
  1. (biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote.
    The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
    Categories (topical): Biology Translations (embryo of a seed): xerme [masculine] (Asturian), за́вязь (závjazʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), germen [masculine] (Catalan), itu (Finnish), xerme [masculine] (Galician), ბუტკო (buṭḳo) (Georgian), germe [masculine] (Portuguese), germen [masculine] (Romanian), embrion [masculine] (Romanian), за́вязь (závjazʹ) [feminine] (Russian), germen [masculine] (Spanish), за́в'язь (závʺjazʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mầm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-germ-en-noun-en:biology__general Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'embryo of a seed': 67 23 4 3 4
  2. (biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote.
    (biology) The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
    Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-germ-en-noun-en:biology__general1 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  3. A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus. Translations (pathogenic microorganism): جُرْثُومَة (jurṯūma) [feminine] (Arabic), جرثومة (jarṯūma, jurṯūma) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), বীজাণু (bizanu) (Assamese), мікро́б (mikrób) [masculine] (Belarusian), микро́б (mikrób) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ပိုး (pui:) (Burmese), germen [masculine] (Catalan), 細菌 (Chinese Mandarin), 细菌 (xìjūn) (Chinese Mandarin), (jūn) (Chinese Mandarin), kiem [masculine] (Dutch), mikrobo (Esperanto), mikrobi (Finnish), germe [masculine] (French), xerme [masculine] (Galician), მიკრობი (miḳrobi) (Georgian), Keim [masculine] (German), μικρόβιο (mikróvio) [neuter] (Greek), रोगाणु (rogāṇu) [masculine] (Hindi), csíra (Hungarian), kórokozó (Hungarian), sýkill [masculine] (Icelandic), microbo [masculine] (Italian), germe [masculine] (Italian), 細菌 (saikin) (alt: さいきん) (Japanese), ರೋಗಾಣು (rōgāṇu) (Kannada), ក្រមី (krɑɑməy) (Khmer), 세균 (segyun) (alt: 細菌) (Korean), ເຊື້ອ (sư̄a) (Lao), ຕົວພະຍາດ (tūa pha nyāt) (Lao), ແມ່ພະຍາດ (mǣ pha nyāt) (Lao), ເຊື້ອໂລກ (sư̄a lōk) (Lao), Keim [masculine] (Luxembourgish), kuman (Malay), kitakita (Maori), moroiti tahumaero (Maori), нян (njan) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), किटाणु (kiṭāṇu) (Nepali), جرم (jerm) (Persian), zarazek [masculine] (Polish), mikrob [masculine] (Polish), bakcyl [masculine] (Polish), germe [masculine] (Portuguese), germen [masculine] (Romanian), microb [masculine] (Romanian), микро́б (mikrób) [masculine] (Russian), germen [masculine] (Spanish), mikrob [common-gender] (Swedish), mikrobyo (Tagalog), kagaw (Tagalog), เชื้อ (chʉ́ʉa) (Thai), เชื้อโรค (chʉ́ʉa-rôok) (Thai), ནད་འབུ (nad 'bu) (Tibetan), мікро́б (mikrób) [masculine] (Ukrainian), vi khuẩn (alt: 微菌) (Vietnamese), vi trùng (alt: 微蟲) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-germ-en-noun-en:pathogen Disambiguation of 'pathogenic microorganism': 15 15 51 2 16
  4. (figurative) The origin or earliest version of an idea or project. Tags: figuratively Translations (idea): germen [masculine] (Catalan), kiem [masculine] (Dutch), siemen (Finnish), germe [masculine] (French), xerme [masculine] (Galician), ჩანასახი (čanasaxi) (Georgian), csíra (Hungarian), 芽生え (mebae) (alt: めばえ) (Japanese), zalążek [masculine] (Polish), germe [masculine] (Portuguese), germen [masculine] (Romanian), cauză [feminine] (Romanian), sămânță [feminine] (Romanian), зача́ток (začátok) [masculine] (Russian), frö [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-germ-en-noun-en:idea Disambiguation of 'idea': 4 6 4 75 11
  5. (mathematics) An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-germ-en-noun-en:mathematics Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 15 14 3 46 3 4 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (mass of cells): заро́дак (zaródak) [masculine] (Belarusian), эмбрыён (embryjón) [masculine] (Belarusian), ембрио́н (embrión) [masculine] (Bulgarian), заро́диш (zaródiš) [masculine] (Bulgarian), မျိုး (myui:) (Burmese), germen [masculine] (Catalan), kiem [masculine] (Dutch), ĝermo (Esperanto), itiö (Finnish), germe [masculine] (French), xerme [masculine] (Galician), ჩანასახი (čanasaxi) (Georgian), ემბრიონი (embrioni) (Georgian), Keim [masculine] (German), μικρόβιο (mikróvio) [neuter] (Greek), csíra (Hungarian), kuman (Indonesian), germe [masculine] (Italian), 胚芽 (haiga) (alt: はいが) (Japanese), ជីវាណូ (ciivaanou) (Khmer), ពីជៈ (piicĕəʼ) (Khmer), 배아 (baea) (alt: 胚芽) (Korean), germe [masculine] (Portuguese), microb [masculine] (Romanian), germen [masculine] (Romanian), заро́дыш (zaródyš) [masculine] (Russian), зача́ток (začátok) [masculine] (Russian), эмбрио́н (embrión) [masculine] (Russian), klíček [masculine] (Slovak), germen [masculine] (Spanish), mikrob [common-gender] (Swedish), binhay (Tagalog), заро́док (zaródok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ембріо́н (embrión) [masculine] (Ukrainian), зача́ток (začátok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), mộng (Vietnamese), mầm (Vietnamese)

Verb [English]

IPA: /d͡ʒɜːm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /d͡ʒɝm/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-germ.ogg [US] Forms: germs [present, singular, third-person], germing [participle, present], germed [participle, past], germed [past]
enPR: jûrm Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m Etymology: From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{bor|en|frm|germe}} Middle French germe, {{der|en|la|germen||bud, seed, embryo}} Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”), {{doublet|en|germen}} Doublet of germen Head templates: {{en-verb}} germ (third-person singular simple present germs, present participle germing, simple past and past participle germed)
  1. To germinate.
    Sense id: en-germ-en-verb-O4BUyWxD
  2. (slang) To grow, as if parasitic. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-germ-en-verb-yvRoSMuq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bacteria, microbe, parasite, virus

Adjective [Northern Kurdish]

Forms: germtir [comparative], germtirîn [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛɾm Etymology: From Proto-Iranian *garmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mó-s. Cognate with Persian گرم (garm) and English warm. Etymology templates: {{inh|kmr|ira-pro|*garmáh}} Proto-Iranian *garmáh, {{inh|kmr|iir-pro|*gʰarmás}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, {{inh|kmr|ine-pro|*gʷʰer-|*gʷʰor-mó-s}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mó-s, {{cog|fa|گرم|tr=garm}} Persian گرم (garm), {{cog|en|warm}} English warm Head templates: {{kmr-adj|germtir|germtirîn}} germ (comparative germtir, superlative germtirîn)
  1. warm Derived forms: germahî
    Sense id: en-germ-kmr-adj-DwqkCMGD Categories (other): Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Zazaki]

Etymology: From Proto-Iranian *garmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mó-s. Cognate with Persian گرم (garm) and English warm. Etymology templates: {{inh|zza|ira-pro|*garmáh}} Proto-Iranian *garmáh, {{inh|zza|iir-pro|*gʰarmás}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, {{inh|zza|ine-pro|*gʷʰer-|*gʷʰor-mó-s}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mó-s, {{cog|fa|گرم|tr=garm}} Persian گرم (garm), {{cog|en|warm}} English warm Head templates: {{head|zza|adjective}} germ
  1. warm Derived forms: germey, germin, germın
    Sense id: en-germ-zza-adj-DwqkCMGD Categories (other): Zazaki entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "word": "বীজাণু"
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          "roman": "mikrób",
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          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "pui:",
          "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
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      "sense": "mass of cells",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kiem"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "ĝermo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "itiö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xerme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čanasaxi",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "ჩანასახი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "embrioni",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "ემბრიონი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Keim"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mikróvio",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μικρόβιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "csíra"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "kuman"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germe"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はいが",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haiga",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "胚芽"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ciivaanou",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "ជីវាណូ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "piicĕəʼ",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "ពីជៈ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "胚芽",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baea",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "배아"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "microb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaródyš",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "заро́дыш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "začátok",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зача́ток"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "embrión",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эмбрио́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klíček"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mikrob"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "binhay"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaródok",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "заро́док"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "embrión",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ембріо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "začátok",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зача́ток"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "mộng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mass of cells",
      "word": "mầm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jurṯūma",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "جُرْثُومَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jarṯūma, jurṯūma",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "جرثومة"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "bizanu",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "বীজাণু"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mikrób",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мікро́б"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mikrób",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "микро́б"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "pui:",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "ပိုး"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "細菌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìjūn",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "细菌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jūn",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "菌"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kiem"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "mikrobo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "mikrobi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xerme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "miḳrobi",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "მიკრობი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Keim"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mikróvio",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μικρόβιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rogāṇu",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "रोगाणु"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "csíra"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "kórokozó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sýkill"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "microbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germe"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さいきん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saikin",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "細菌"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "rōgāṇu",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "ರೋಗಾಣು"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "krɑɑməy",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "ក្រមី"
    },
    {
      "alt": "細菌",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "segyun",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "세균"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sư̄a",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "ເຊື້ອ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "tūa pha nyāt",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "ຕົວພະຍາດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "mǣ pha nyāt",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "ແມ່ພະຍາດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sư̄a lōk",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "ເຊື້ອໂລກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Keim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "kuman"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "kitakita"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "moroiti tahumaero"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "njan",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "нян"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "kiṭāṇu",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "किटाणु"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jerm",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "جرم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zarazek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mikrob"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bakcyl"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "microb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mikrób",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "микро́б"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mikrob"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "mikrobyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "kagaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chʉ́ʉa",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "เชื้อ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chʉ́ʉa-rôok",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "เชื้อโรค"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "nad 'bu",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "ནད་འབུ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mikrób",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мікро́б"
    },
    {
      "alt": "微菌",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "vi khuẩn"
    },
    {
      "alt": "微蟲",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "pathogenic microorganism",
      "word": "vi trùng"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kiem"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idea",
      "word": "siemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xerme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čanasaxi",
      "sense": "idea",
      "word": "ჩანასახი"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "idea",
      "word": "csíra"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めばえ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mebae",
      "sense": "idea",
      "word": "芽生え"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zalążek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "idea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cauză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "idea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sămânță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "začátok",
      "sense": "idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зача́ток"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "idea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "frö"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xerme"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "závjazʹ",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "за́вязь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "word": "itu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xerme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "buṭḳo",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "word": "ბუტკო"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "embrion"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "závjazʹ",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "за́вязь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "závʺjazʹ",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "за́в'язь"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "embryo of a seed",
      "word": "mầm"
    }
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}

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    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Mandarin translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)m",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)m/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "germe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French germe",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "germen",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bud, seed, embryo"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "germen"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of germen",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "germs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "germ (third-person singular simple present germs, present participle germing, simple past and past participle germed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bacteria"
    },
    {
      "word": "microbe"
    },
    {
      "word": "parasite"
    },
    {
      "word": "virus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1909, Thomas Hardy, The Flirt's Tragedy",
          "text": "Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To germinate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "germinate",
          "germinate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Black Eyed Peas, Just Can't Get Enough",
          "text": "I’m addicted, want to germ inside your love",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grow, as if parasitic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parasitic",
          "parasitic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To grow, as if parasitic."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɜːm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɝm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)m"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-germ.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/En-us-germ.ogg/En-us-germ.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/En-us-germ.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "jûrm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "germ"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "germahî"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*garmáh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *garmáh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*gʰarmás"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷʰer-",
        "4": "*gʷʰor-mó-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mó-s",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "گرم",
        "tr": "garm"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian گرم (garm)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "warm"
      },
      "expansion": "English warm",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Iranian *garmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mó-s. Cognate with Persian گرم (garm) and English warm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "germtir",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "germtirîn",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "germtir",
        "2": "germtirîn"
      },
      "expansion": "germ (comparative germtir, superlative germtirîn)",
      "name": "kmr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
  "lang_code": "kmr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Northern Kurdish adjectives",
        "Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Northern Kurdish lemmas",
        "Northern Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Northern Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Northern Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
        "Northern Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Northern Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Northern Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
        "Rhymes:Northern Kurdish/ɛɾm",
        "Rhymes:Northern Kurdish/ɛɾm/1 syllable"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "warm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "warm",
          "warm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɾm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "germ"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "germey"
    },
    {
      "word": "germin"
    },
    {
      "word": "germın"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zza",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*garmáh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *garmáh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zza",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*gʰarmás"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zza",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷʰer-",
        "4": "*gʷʰor-mó-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mó-s",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "گرم",
        "tr": "garm"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian گرم (garm)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "warm"
      },
      "expansion": "English warm",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Iranian *garmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mó-s. Cognate with Persian گرم (garm) and English warm.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zza",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "germ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zazaki",
  "lang_code": "zza",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Zazaki adjectives",
        "Zazaki entries with incorrect language header",
        "Zazaki lemmas",
        "Zazaki terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Zazaki terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Zazaki terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
        "Zazaki terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Zazaki terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Zazaki terms inherited from Proto-Iranian"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "warm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "warm",
          "warm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "germ"
}

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