germinare
See also: germinaré
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin germināre. Doublet of germogliare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒer.miˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ger‧mi‧nà‧re
Verb
germinàre (first-person singular present gèrmino, first-person singular past historic germinài, past participle germinàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive or alternatively when intransitive) avére)
- (intransitive) to germinate [auxiliary essere or avere]
- 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXIII”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 7–9; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- Nel ventre tuo si raccese l'amore,
per lo cui caldo ne l’etterna pace
così è germinato questo fiore.- Within thy womb rekindled was the love, by heat of which in the eternal peace after such wise this flower has germinated.
- (transitive, literary, rare) to cause to germinate, to produce
- (transitive, figurative) to cause
Conjugation
Conjugation of germinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Intransitive.
2Transitive or alternatively when intransitive.
Related terms
Further reading
- germinare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- germinare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- germinare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- germinàre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- germinare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- germinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛr.mɪˈnaː.rɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒer.miˈnaː.re]
Verb
germināre
- inflection of germinō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
germinare f (plural germinări)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | germinare | germinarea | germinări | germinările | |
| genitive-dative | germinări | germinării | germinări | germinărilor | |
| vocative | germinare, germinareo | germinărilor | |||
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xeɾmiˈnaɾe/ [xeɾ.miˈna.ɾe]
- Rhymes: -aɾe
- Syllabification: ger‧mi‧na‧re
Verb
germinare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of germinar