different between vital vs germane

English

Etymology

From Middle English vital, from Old French vital, from Latin v?t?lis (“of life, life-giving”), from v?ta (“life”), from v?v? (“I live”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?'t?l, IPA^(key): /?va?t?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?va?t??l/
• Rhymes: -a?t?l

Adjective

vital (comparative more vital, superlative most vital)

1. Relating to, or characteristic of life.

   Synonym: lifely

2. Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
3. Invigorating or life-giving.
4. Necessary to continued existence.

5. Relating to the recording of life events.

6. Very important.

   Synonyms: crucial, necessary, significant; see also Thesaurus:important
7. Containing life; living.

   Synonyms: extant, live, kicking; see also Thesaurus:alive
8. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.

Derived terms

Related terms

Antonyms

• mortal

Translations

Further reading

• vital in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vital in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitalis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /vi?tal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bi?tal/

Adjective

vital (masculine and feminine plural vitals)

1. vital

Related terms

• vida
• vitalitat

French

Etymology

From Old French vital, from Latin v?t?lis (“of life, life-giving”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.tal/
• Homophones: vitale, vitales

Adjective

vital (feminine singular vitale, masculine plural vitaux, feminine plural vitales)

1. vital

Related terms

• vitalité
• vie

Further reading

• “vital” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From Latin v?t?lis (“of life, life-giving”).

Adjective

vital m or f (plural vitais)

1. vital (relating to, or characteristic of life)
2. vital, important, necessary

Related terms

• vida
• vitalidade

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?t?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?ta?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

vital (comparative vitaler, superlative am vitalsten)

1. lively; hale; vigorous
2. (rather rare, formal) vital (necessary to, or characteristic of life)

Declension

Synonyms

• (lively): lebhaft; markig; rüstig; voller Leben
• (vital): lebenswichtig; Lebens-

Interlingua

Adjective

vital (not comparable)

1. vital

Related terms

• vita

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitalis.

Adjective

vital (neuter singular vitalt, definite singular and plural vitale)

1. vital

References

• “vital” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitalis.

Adjective

vital (neuter singular vitalt, definite singular and plural vitale)

1. vital

References

• “vital” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vitalis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.?taw/

Adjective

vital m or f (plural vitais, comparable)

1. vital (relating to, or characteristic of life)
2. vital (necessary to the continuation of life)
3. vital (very important)

   Synonyms: crucial, fundamental, essencial

Related terms

• vida
• vitalidade

Romanian

Etymology

From French vital, from Latin vitalis.

Adjective

vital m or n (feminine singular vital?, masculine plural vitali, feminine and neuter plural vitale)

1. vital

Declension

Related terms

• vitalitate

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vitalis.

Adjective

vital (plural vitales)

1. vital

Derived terms

Related terms

• vitalidad
• vida

See also

• vivo

English

Etymology 1

Variant form of german, adapted in this sense in allusions to its use in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Alternative forms

• germain (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???(?)?me?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• (US) IPA^(key): /d???me?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Adjective

germane (comparative more germane, superlative most germane)

1. Related to a topic of discussion or consideration.

   Synonyms: pertinent, relevant, apt, on-topic; see also Thesaurus:pertinent

   • 1924, W. D. Ross., translator, Aristotle, Metaphysics. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, Book 1, Part 5.

     Yet this much is germane to the present inquiry:

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From germ(anium) +? -ane.

Noun

germane (plural germanes)

1. (inorganic chemistry) germanium tetrahydride, GeH₄
3. (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any organic derivative of this compound.

Synonyms

• germanium tetrahydride
• germanomethane
• monogermane

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Gameren

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adverb

germane

1. in the German language
2. Germanly; in the manner of a German

Related terms

Italian

Adjective

germane

1. feminine plural of germano

Latin

Etymology 1

germ?nus (“real, sincere”) +? -? (adverb formant)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?er?ma?.ne?/, [??r?mä?ne?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d??er?ma.ne/, [d???r?m??n?]

Adverb

germ?n? (comparative germ?nius, superlative germ?nissim?)

1. sincerely

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?er?ma?.ne/, [??r?mä?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d??er?ma.ne/, [d???r?m??n?]

Adjective

germ?ne

1. masculine vocative singular of germ?nus

References

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