Germinal

See also: germinal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French germinal, from Latin germen (“sprout, bud”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɜːmɪnəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝmənəl/

Proper noun

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.

Translations

the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar

• Arabic: جِرْمِينَال m (jirmīnāl)
• Armenian: ժերմինալ (hy) (žerminal)
• Azerbaijani: jerminal
• Basque: sapadun
• Belarusian: жэрміна́ль m (žerminálʹ)
• Catalan: germinal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芽月 (ngaa⁴ jyut⁶)

  Mandarin: 芽月 (zh) (Yáyuè)

• Dutch: germinal (nl) m, kiemmaand f
• Esperanto: ĝerminalo
• Estonian: žerminaal, idanemiskuu
• Finnish: germinal (fi)
• French: germinal (fr) m
• Galician: xerminal m
• Georgian: ჟერმინალი (žerminali)
• German: Germinal m, Keimmonat (de) m
• Greek: Ζερμινάλ (el) m (Zerminál), Βλασταίος m (Vlastaíos)
• Hebrew: זֶ׳רְמִינָאל m (zherminál)
• Italian: germinale (it) m, (rare) germile m
• Japanese: ジェルミナール (jerumināru), 芽月 (めつき, metsuki)
• Korean: 싹달 (ssakdal), 제르미날 (jereuminal)
• Lithuanian: žerminalis m
• Malayalam: ജെർമിനൽ (jeṟminal)
• Marathi: जेर्मिनल (jerminal)
• Persian: ژِرمینال (žerminâl)
• Polish: germinal (pl) m
• Portuguese: germinal (pt) m
• Russian: жермина́ль (ru) m (žerminálʹ)
• Spanish: germinal (es) m
• Swedish: germinal c, gromingsmånad c
• Ukrainian: жерміна́ль m (žerminálʹ)
• Vietnamese: tháng nảy mầm

See also

• Appendix:French Republican Calendar

Anagrams

• Malinger, Glanmire, meangirl, mean girl, maligner, malinger, Malingre