different between seminal vs aboriginal
seminal
English
Etymology
From Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin s?min?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?m?n?l/
- Rhymes: -?m?n?l
Adjective
seminal (comparative more seminal, superlative most seminal)
- Of or relating to seed or semen.
- Creative or having the power to originate.
- Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
- Synonyms: influential, pioneering
- 1827, Julius Hare and Augustus William Hare, Guesses at Truth
- The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.
Synonyms
- (relating to seed): germinal
- (creative): innovative, primary
- (highly influential): influential, innovative, formative
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
seminal (plural seminals)
- (obsolete) A seed.
Anagrams
- Elamins, Malines, Melians, isleman, menials, salmine
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin s?min?lis.
Adjective
seminal (masculine and feminine plural seminals)
- seminal
Derived terms
- vesícula seminal
Further reading
- “seminal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “seminal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “seminal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “seminal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin s?min?lis.
Adjective
seminal m or f (plural seminais, comparable)
- (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
- (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
- seminal; creative; inventive
- Synonyms: criativo, inventivo, fértil
- seminal (highly influential)
Related terms
- sêmen
- semente
Further reading
- “seminal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French séminal, from Latin seminalis.
Adjective
seminal m or n (feminine singular seminal?, masculine plural seminali, feminine and neuter plural seminale)
- seminal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin s?min?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /semi?nal/, [se.mi?nal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
seminal (plural seminales)
- (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
- (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
- seminal; creative; inventive
- seminal (highly influential)
Derived terms
Related terms
- semen
- semilla
Further reading
- “seminal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
seminal From the web:
- what seminal text was written by boyle
- what seminal fluid
- what seminal vesicles produce
- what seminal vesicle
- seminal meaning
- what's seminal fluid mean
- what seminal plasma
- what seminal vesicle mean
aboriginal
English
Etymology
See Aboriginal.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?æb.????d??.n?.l?/, /?æb.????d??.?n.l?/
Adjective
aboriginal (comparative more aboriginal, superlative most aboriginal)
- First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
- Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans. [First attested in the late 17th century.]
- Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal [First attested in the late 18th century.]
Synonyms
- (indigenous to a place): ancient, autochthonous, earliest, endemic, first, indigenous, native, original, primeval, primitive, primordial
Derived terms
- aboriginality
- aboriginally
Related terms
- aborigine
Translations
Noun
aboriginal (plural aboriginals)
- An animal or plant native to a region. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
Usage notes
- Using uncapitalized aboriginal to refer to people or anything associated with people may cause offence.
- In Canada and Australia, style manuals recommend against using the noun Aboriginal for a person or people.
- See also the usage notes under Aboriginal.
Translations
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abo?ixi?nal/, [a.??o.?i.xi?nal]
Noun
aboriginal m or f (plural aboriginales)
- Aborigine (original inhabitant of Australia)
- Synonym: aborigen
aboriginal From the web:
- what aboriginal means
- what aboriginal land do i live on
- what aboriginal languages are spoken in australia
- what aboriginal land am i on
- what aboriginal land am i on sydney
- what aboriginal land am i on melbourne
- what aboriginal land is melbourne on
- what aboriginal land is sydney on
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