different between seminal vs innate
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.
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innate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inn?tus (“inborn”), perfect active participle of inn?scor (“be born in, grow up in”), from in (“in, at on”) + n?scor (“be born”); see natal, native.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ne?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Adjective
innate (not comparable)
- Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
- (philosophy) Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience.
- Instinctive; coming from instinct.
- 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, Chapter 3
- As if she held the clue to something secret in his breast, of the nature of which he was hardly informed himself. As if she had an innate knowledge of one jarring and discordant string within him, and her very breath could sound it.
- 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, Chapter 3
- (botany) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.
Usage notes
- Nouns often used with "innate": knowledge, idea, immunity, etc.
Synonyms
- (existing or having existed since birth): See also Thesaurus:innate
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- a priori
- intuitive.
Verb
innate (third-person singular simple present innates, present participle innating, simple past and past participle innated)
- (obsolete) To cause to exist; to call into being.
Translations
References
- innate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- innate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- annite, ante in, nanite, tannie
Italian
Adjective
innate f pl
- feminine plural of innato
Latin
Participle
inn?te
- vocative masculine singular of inn?tus
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