different between fecund vs germinative
fecund
English
Alternative forms
- fœcund (hypercorrect, obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French fécond, from Latin fecundus (“fertile”), which is related to f?tus and f?mina (“woman”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f?.k?nd/
- (US) IPA(key): /?fi?.k?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Adjective
fecund (comparative more fecund, superlative most fecund)
- (formal) Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.
- (figuratively) Leading to new ideas or innovation.
- 1906, Charles Sanders Pierce, "The Basis of Pragmatism in the Normative Sciences", in The Essential Pierce: Selected Philosophical Writings, volume II, page 373
- This idea of Aristotle's has proved marvellously fecund; and in truth it is the only idea covering quite the whole area of cenoscopy that has shown any marked uberosity.
- 1906, Charles Sanders Pierce, "The Basis of Pragmatism in the Normative Sciences", in The Essential Pierce: Selected Philosophical Writings, volume II, page 373
Synonyms
- (highly fertile): fertile
- (leading to new ideas or innovation): fertile, productive, prolific
Related terms
- fecundity
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French fécond, from Latin fecundus.
Adjective
fecund m or n (feminine singular fecund?, masculine plural fecunzi, feminine and neuter plural fecunde)
- fruitful
Declension
Related terms
- fecunda
- fecunditate
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germinative
English
Etymology
germinate +? -ive
Adjective
germinative (comparative more germinative, superlative most germinative)
- Of or pertaining to germination
- Having the ability to germinate
Translations
French
Adjective
germinative
- feminine singular of germinatif
Italian
Adjective
germinative
- feminine plural of germinativo
Latin
Adjective
germin?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of germin?t?vus
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