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GERMINAL

Dictionary entry overview: What does Germinal mean?

• GERMINAL (noun)
The noun GERMINAL has 1 sense:

1. seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds

Familiarity information: GERMINAL used as a noun is very rare.

• GERMINAL (adjective)
The adjective GERMINAL has 1 sense:

1. containing seeds of later development

Familiarity information: GERMINAL used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GERMINAL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Germinal" is a kind of...):

Revolutionary calendar month (a month in the Revolutionary calendar)

Holonyms ("Germinal" is a part of...):

Revolutionary calendar (the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792)

• GERMINAL (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Containing seeds of later development

Synonyms:

germinal; originative; seminal

Context example:

seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another

Similar:

original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)

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