different between basic vs germinal

English

Etymology

base +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?s?k/
• Rhymes: -e?s?k
• Hyphenation: ba?sic

Adjective

basic (comparative more basic, superlative most basic)

1. Necessary, essential for life or some process.

1. Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

2. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
3. (slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
   • 2013, Sam Stryker, "Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway?", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11:

     I'm not saying people are jealous of Hathaway because she is so perfect. Yes, she does have it all — husband, healthy career, good looks. But she doesn't do anything in an "awesome" way. She's basic.

   • 2014, Trevor Thrall, "Firing Line: Rowling says ‘JK,’ Ron and Hermione not meant to be", The Daily Campus (Southern Methodist University), Volume 99, Issue 54, 3 February 2014, page 4:

     And what can be said about Ginny? She’s basic. My guess is that she spends her time drinking pumpkin spice lattes and watching “Pretty Little Liars.” The Chosen One is way out of her quidditch league.

   • 2015, Lily Kunda, "A New Track On Hip-Hipocrisy", The Marlin Chronicle (Virginia Wesleyan College), 26 February 2015, page 7:

     "I couldn't get into it, I could barely understand what he's saying – it had too much cursing and explicit language," said Cortnee Brandon. "I think his lyrics are easy...he's basic. Kendrick Lamar is kind of overrated."

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:bare-bones
• (chemistry): alkaline

Antonyms

• (chemistry): acidic

Derived terms

• basically
• BASIC

Translations

Noun

basic (plural basics)

1. A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

   Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.

2. An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.

3. (military) Basic training.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• SABIC

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English BASIC.

Noun

basic m (invariable)

1. (computing) BASIC

Anagrams

• bisca

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

basic m (feminine singular basica, masculine plural basics, feminine plural basicas)

1. basic

English

Adjective

germinal (comparative more germinal, superlative most germinal)

1. Relating to spring
2. Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ.
3. (botany) Relating to a plant ovary
4. (figuratively) Serving as a point of origin; formative.

   My upbringing was the germinal idea behind the opera.

5. (figuratively) Highly influential; seminal. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Usage notes

In sense “highly influential”, primarily used as a consciously feminist alternative to male seminal (germ (“egg”) vs. semen).

Synonyms

• (relating to spring): vernal
• (relating to seed): seminal
• (influential): seminal

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• germinal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• germinal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• maligner, malinger

Catalan

Adjective

germinal (masculine and feminine plural germinals)

1. germinal

Noun

germinal m (plural germinals)

1. (historical) Germinal (the month).

French

Etymology

Taken from Latin germen, germinis (“sprout, bud”) +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.mi.nal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Homophones: germinale, germinales, germinals

Adjective

germinal (feminine singular germinale, masculine plural germinaux, feminine plural germinales)

1. germinal

Noun

germinal m (plural germinals)

1. (historical) Germinal (the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar)

See also

• (French Republican Calendar months) mois du calendrier républicain; vendémiaire, brumaire, frimaire, nivôse, pluviôse, ventôse, germinal, floréal, prairial, messidor, thermidor, fructidor ^{(Category: fr:Months)}

Further reading

• “germinal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• malingre

Romanian

Etymology

From French germinal.

Noun

germinal m (uncountable)

1. Germinal

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

germinal (plural germinales)

1. germinal

Noun

germinal m (plural germinales)

1. Germinal