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germination en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌdʒɜːɹ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
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Etymology

From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ation, from Latin germinātiō, germinātiōnem (“sprouting, budding, growing”), from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”). By surface analysis, germinate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
   • Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:

Forms

Deriveds

postgermination · nongermination · pregermination

Translations (16)

hi अंकुरण (process of germinating) · es germinación (process of germinating) · fi itäminen (process of germinating) · bg поникване (process of germinating) · cs klíčení (process of germinating) · bg покълване (process of germinating) · ka აღმოცენება (process of germinating) · cmn 發芽 /发芽 (process of germinating) · nl kieming (process of germinating) · ca germinació (process of germinating) · cy eginiad (process of germinating) · ar اِنْتَاش (process of germinating) · ka გაღივება (process of germinating) · ko 발아 (process of germinating) · ka ამოსვლა (process of germinating) · ja 発芽 (process of germinating)