different between introductory vs germinal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intr?duct?rius, from Latin intr?ductus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ntr??d?kt?ri/

Adjective

introductory (not comparable)

1. Introducing; giving a preview or idea of.

   He enrolled in an introductory wine-making course.

Synonyms

• prefatory

Related terms

• introduce
• introduction

Translations

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