different between german vs magnifico

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d????.m?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d???.m?n/

Etymology 1

From Old French germain, from Latin germ?nus. See also germane, a formal variant which has survived in specific senses. Not related to the proper noun German.

Adjective

german (comparative more german, superlative most german)

1. (obsolete except in set terms) Having the same mother and father; a full (brother or sister).

   brother-german

2. (obsolete except in set terms) Being born to one’s blood aunt or uncle, a first (cousin).

   cousin-german

   • 1567 Arthur Golding trans., Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 1, lines 460-2:

3. (obsolete) Closely related, akin.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, V.2:

     The phrase would bee more Germaine.

   • c. 1605-1608, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens

     Wert thou a leopard, thou wert german to the lion.

Translations

Noun

german (plural germans)

1. (obsolete) A near relative.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:

     Which when his german saw, the stony feare / Ran to his hart, and all his sence dismayd […]

Translations

Etymology 2

From German (“of Germany”).

Noun

german (plural germans)

1. An elaborate round dance, often with a waltz movement.
   • 1985, Betty Casey, Dance Across Texas (page 49)

     Through the years, though, the german was replaced by new and more popular dances, but in many instances the name stayed on.

2. A social party at which the german is danced.

Further reading

• German (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Engram, Magner, Manger, engram, manger, ragmen

Icelandic

Noun

german n (genitive singular germans, no plural)

1. germanium (chemical element)

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

german m (definite singular germanen, indefinite plural germanar, definite plural germanane)

1. form removed by a 2016 spelling decision; superseded by germanar

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???r.man/

Noun

german m inan

1. germanium, a chemical element

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Germ?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??er?man/

Adjective

german m or n (feminine singular german?, masculine plural germani, feminine and neuter plural germane)

1. German

Declension

Synonyms

• nem?esc

Noun

german m (plural germani, feminine equivalent german?)

1. a German person

Synonyms

• neam?

Related terms

• german?

English

Etymology

From Italian magnifico.

Noun

magnifico (plural magnificos or magnificoes)

1. (obsolete) A grandee or nobleman of Venice.
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice, I. ii. 12:

     For be assured of this, / That the Magnifico is much beloved,

2. (obsolete) A rector of a German university.

Translations

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin magnificus.

Adjective

magnifico (feminine magnifica, masculine plural magnifici, feminine plural magnifiche)

1. magnificent
2. marvellous, wonderful
3. gorgeous, superb
4. generous

Derived terms

• magnificamente

Related terms

• magnificente

Etymology 2

Verb

magnifico

1. first-person singular present of magnificare

Further reading

• magnifico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From magnificus (“noble, august”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma??ni.fi.ko?/, [mä??n?f?ko?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma???i.fi.ko/, [m????i?fik?]

Verb

magnific? (present infinitive magnific?re, perfect active magnific?v?, supine magnific?tum); first conjugation

1. I prize, esteem highly.
2. I praise, glorify, or extol.

Conjugation

Related terms

Descendants

• English: magnify
• French: magnifier
• Italian: magnificare

References

• magnifico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• magnifico in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magnifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

magnifico

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of magnificar

Spanish

Verb

magnifico

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of magnificar.