different between germinate vs blossom

English

Etymology

Latin germinatus, past participle of germinare (“to sprout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???(?)m?ne?t/

Verb

germinate (third-person singular simple present germinates, present participle germinating, simple past and past participle germinated)

1. (intransitive, botany, horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.

   • the Chalcites, which hath a Spirit that will put forth and germinate
2. (transitive) To cause to grow; to produce.

Synonyms

• ackerspyre (Chester)

Translations

Anagrams

• germanite, reteaming

Italian

Verb

germinate

1. second-person plural present of germinare
2. second-person plural imperative of germinare

Anagrams

• emigrante, regimante, regimenta, remigante

Latin

Participle

germin?te

1. vocative masculine singular of germin?tus

English

Etymology

From Middle English blosme, from Old English bl?stm, bl?stma, from Proto-Germanic *bl?smaz (compare West Frisian blossem, bloesem), an enlargement of *bl?staz (compare German Blust), from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *b?leh?- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin fl?s (“flower”), Fl?ra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bl?.s?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bl?.s?m/
• Hyphenation: blos?som

Noun

blossom (countable and uncountable, plural blossoms)

1. A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
2. The state or season of producing such flowers.
3. (figuratively) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
4. The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.

Alternative forms

• blasom (Jamaican English)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

blossom (third-person singular simple present blossoms, present participle blossoming, simple past and past participle blossomed)

1. (intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
2. (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.

Synonyms

• (have, or open into, blossoms): bloom, come into bloom, come into blossom, flower
• (begin to thrive or flourish): bloom, flourish, grow, prosper, thrive

Translations

Further reading

• blossom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

blossom

1. Alternative form of blosme