germe

Signification (Anglais)

1. (masculine) germ
2. (literary, masculine) seed, sprout
3. (figuratively, masculine) seed, beginning, origin
4. (archaic, figuratively, masculine) son, offspring
5. (archaic, figuratively, masculine, rare) lineage, progeny

Concepts

germe

microbe

🦠

graine

semence

source

embryon

agent pathogène

fœtus

noyau

🪨

pépin

Synonymes

embrione

feto

fonte

microbo

🦠

seme

nocciolo

🪨

agente patogeno

spora

grano

Traductions

Keim

germ

germen

germe

seed

kiem

μικρόβιο

germen

germes

semen

Krankheitserreger

embrión

semilla

Coupé comme

gèr‧me

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɛr.me/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin germen (“seed; origin”), from Proto-Italic *genamen, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring, seed”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth, to beget”). Cognate with Irish giniúint (“procreation, birth”).