germe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin germen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛʁm/

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Noun

germe m (plural germes)

1. germ (small mass of cells)
2. seed
3. bulb (of onion, garlic etc.)
4. (figuratively) seed (the principle cause)

Verb

germe

1. first-person singular present indicative of germer
2. third-person singular present indicative of germer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of germer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of germer
5. second-person singular imperative of germer

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Latin germen.

Noun

germe m (plural germi)

1. germ
2. seed

Anagrams

• merge

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin germen.

Noun

germe m (plural germes)

1. seed (fertilized grain)

Alternative forms

• gérmen (rare in the sense of microorganism, otherwise common)

Etymology

From Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to bear”) + *-mn̥.

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛɻ.me/

Noun

germe m (plural germes)

1. germ (embryo of a seed)
2. germ; microorganism
3. germ (idea that forms the basis of some project)