different between gerb vs germ

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)b

Noun

gerb (plural gerbs)

1. A firework that produces a fountain of sparks

Anagrams

• Berg, Greb, berg

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle High German erbe (“heritage”), whence also German Erbe (“heritage”); via Polish herb (“coat of arms, emblem”), via Russian ???? (gerb, “coat of arms”).

Noun

gerb (definite accusative gerbi, plural gerbl?r)

1. coat of arms

Declension

German

Verb

gerb

1. singular imperative of gerben
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of gerben

Middle Irish

Noun

gerb f

1. scab, itching sore, mange

Descendants

• Irish: gearb

Turkmen

Noun

gerb (definite accusative gerbi, plural gerbler)

1. coat of arms

Uzbek

Etymology

From Russian ???? (gerb), from Polish herb, from Middle High German erbe (“heritage”).

Noun

gerb (plural gerblar)

1. coat of arms

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d????m/
• (General American) enPR: jûrm, IPA^(key): /d???m/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m

Noun

germ (plural germs)

1. (biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore.
2. A pathogenic microorganism.
3. The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
4. (figuratively) The origin of an idea or project.

   the germ of civil liberty
5. (mathematics) An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

germ (third-person singular simple present germs, present participle germing, simple past and past participle germed)

1. To germinate.
   • 1909, Thomas Hardy, The Flirt's Tragedy

     Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew.

2. (slang) To grow, as if parasitic.
   • 2011, Black Eyed Peas, Just Can't Get Enough

     I’m addicted, want to germ inside your love

See also

• bacteria
• microbe
• parasite
• virus

Further reading

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

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *garmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *g?armás, from Proto-Indo-European *g??or-mó-s. Cognate with Persian ???? (garm) and English warm.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??m

Adjective

germ (comparative germtir, superlative germtirîn)

1. warm

Derived terms

• germahî

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *garmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *g?armás, from Proto-Indo-European *g??or-mó-s. Cognate with Persian ???? (garm) and English warm.

Adjective

germ

1. warm

Derived terms

• germey
• germin
• germ?n