germe

Meaning

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

germ

seed

foetus

grain

kernel

pip

pit

source

bud of a plant

core

wheatberry

embryo

Synonyms

embrione

feto

fonte

microbo

🦠

seme

nocciolo

🪨

agente patogeno

spora

grano

Translations

Keim

germe

germen

germe

kiem

germen

μικρόβιο

microbe

🦠

germes

embrión

Krankheitserreger

graine

semence

Hyphenated as

gèr‧me

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɛr.me/

Etymology

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”).