"Germinal" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈdʒɜːmɪnəl/ [UK], /ˈd͡ʒɝmənəl/ [US] Forms: Germinals [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French germinal, from Latin germen (“sprout, bud”) + -al. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|germinal}} French germinal, {{der|en|la|germen||sprout, bud}} Latin germen (“sprout, bud”), {{m|fr|-al}} -al Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Germinal (plural Germinals)
  1. (historical) The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal equinox (March 21 or 22) and ending on April 19 or 20. Wikipedia link: Germinal (French Republican Calendar) Tags: historical Categories (topical): Months Translations (the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar): جِرْمِينَال (jirmīnāl) [masculine] (Arabic), ժերմինալ (žerminal) (Armenian), jerminal (Azerbaijani), sapadun (Basque), жэрміна́ль (žerminálʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), germinal [masculine] (Catalan), 芽月 (ngaa⁴ jyut⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 芽月 (Yáyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), germinal [masculine] (Dutch), kiemmaand [feminine] (Dutch), ĝerminalo (Esperanto), žerminaal (Estonian), idanemiskuu (Estonian), germinal (Finnish), germinal [masculine] (French), xerminal [masculine] (Galician), ჟერმინალი (žerminali) (Georgian), Germinal [masculine] (German), Keimmonat [masculine] (German), Ζερμινάλ (Zerminál) [masculine] (Greek), Βλασταίος (Vlastaíos) [masculine] (Greek), זֶ׳רְמִינָאל (zherminál) [masculine] (Hebrew), germinale [masculine] (Italian), germile [masculine, rare] (Italian), ジェルミナール (jerumināru) (Japanese), 芽月 (metsuki) (alt: めつき) (Japanese), 싹달 (ssakdal) (Korean), 제르미날 (jereuminal) (Korean), žerminalis [masculine] (Lithuanian), ജെർമിനൽ (jeṟminal) (Malayalam), ژِرمینال (žerminâl) (Persian), germinal [masculine] (Polish), germinal [masculine] (Portuguese), жермина́ль (žerminálʹ) [masculine] (Russian), germinal [masculine] (Spanish), germinal [common-gender] (Swedish), gromingsmånad [common-gender] (Swedish), жерміна́ль (žerminálʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tháng nảy mầm (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "germinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žerminálʹ",
      "sense": "the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жермина́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "germinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gromingsmånad"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žerminálʹ",
      "sense": "the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жерміна́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar",
      "word": "tháng nảy mầm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Germinal"
}

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