"germinate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-germinate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: germinates [present, singular, third-person], germinating [participle, present], germinated [participle, past], germinated [past]
Etymology: Latin germinātus, past participle of germināre (“to sprout”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}}, {{m|la|germinātus}} germinātus, {{m|la|germināre||to sprout}} germināre (“to sprout”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} germinate (third-person singular simple present germinates, present participle germinating, simple past and past participle germinated)
  1. (intransitive, botany, horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Botany, Horticulture
    Sense id: en-germinate-en-verb-~~OZrr1Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 65 35 Topics: agriculture, biology, botany, business, horticulture, lifestyle, natural-sciences
  2. (transitive) To cause to grow; to produce. Tags: transitive Translations (cause to grow): 產生 (Chinese Mandarin), 产生 (chǎnshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 形成 (xíngchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), idättää (Finnish), csíráztat (Hungarian), egino (Welsh) Translations (sprout or produce buds): cücərmək (Azerbaijani), покълвам (pokǎlvam) (Bulgarian), пониквам (ponikvam) (Bulgarian), germinar (Catalan), 發芽 (Chinese Mandarin), 发芽 (fāyá) (Chinese Mandarin), itää (Finnish), germer (French), xerminar (Galician), xermolar (Galician), ამოსვლა (amosvla) (Georgian), აღმოცენება (aɣmoceneba) (Georgian), გაღივება (gaɣiveba) (Georgian), keimen (German), 𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (keinan) (Gothic), βλαστάνω (vlastáno) (Greek), φυτρώνω (fytróno) (Greek), csírázik (Hungarian), spíra (Icelandic), skjóta frjóöngum (Icelandic), jermifar (Ido), germinō (Latin), kahu (Maori), tinaku (Maori), spire (Norwegian), germina (Romanian), încolți (Romanian), прорастать (prorastatʹ) (Russian), прорасти́ (prorastí) [perfective] (Russian), germinar (Spanish), gro (Swedish), bitmek (Turkish), filizlenmek (Turkish), пророста́ти (prorostáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), прорости́ (prorostý) [perfective] (Ukrainian), egino (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-germinate-en-verb-wkKilDpm Disambiguation of 'cause to grow': 10 90 Disambiguation of 'sprout or produce buds': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ackerspyre (english: Chester)

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} germinate
  1. inflection of germinare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person
    Sense id: en-germinate-it-verb-IoPfot8G Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 87 13
  2. inflection of germinare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    Sense id: en-germinate-it-verb-8N83Mupk

Verb [Latin]

Forms: germināte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=germināte}} germināte
  1. vocative masculine singular of germinātus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: germinātus
    Sense id: en-germinate-la-verb-MTUHITdW Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} germinate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of germinar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: germinar
    Sense id: en-germinate-es-verb-WpogYer5 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for germinate meaning in All languages combined (11.9kB)

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          "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
          "word": "spire"
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          "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
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          "ref": "2014 April 5, “Quite interesting: A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week; QI orchids you not”, in The Daily Telegraph (Weekend), page W22",
          "text": "Orchids rely on fungi to reproduce. Their tiny seeds don't have any on-board nutrients (like beans and apples) and will not germinate until they are infected by a symbiotic fungus which supplies them with food. Known as a protocorm, this tiny orchid-fungus ball grows, turns green and eventually starts to photosynthesise.",
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          "text": "[…] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew.",
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        "(transitive) To cause to grow; to produce."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/"
    },
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      "english": "Chester",
      "word": "ackerspyre"
    }
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "cücərmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pokǎlvam",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "покълвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ponikvam",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "пониквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "germinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "發芽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāyá",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "发芽"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "itää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "germer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "xerminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "xermolar"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "amosvla",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "ამოსვლა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aɣmoceneba",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "აღმოცენება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gaɣiveba",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "გაღივება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "keimen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "keinan",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vlastáno",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "βλαστάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fytróno",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "φυτρώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "csírázik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "spíra"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "skjóta frjóöngum"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "jermifar"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "germinō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "kahu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "tinaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "spire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "germina"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "încolți"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prorastatʹ",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "прорастать"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prorastí",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "прорасти́"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "germinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "gro"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "bitmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "filizlenmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prorostáty",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пророста́ти"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prorostý",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прорости́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sprout or produce buds",
      "word": "egino"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cause to grow",
      "word": "產生"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chǎnshēng",
      "sense": "cause to grow",
      "word": "产生"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíngchéng",
      "sense": "cause to grow",
      "word": "形成"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cause to grow",
      "word": "idättää"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cause to grow",
      "word": "csíráztat"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "cause to grow",
      "word": "egino"
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}

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        "inflection of germinare:",
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      ],
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participle forms",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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      ],
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          "word": "germinātus"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of germinātus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        "singular",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Spanish verb forms"
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      ],
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