seminal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɛmɪnəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ Proto-Italic *sēmn̥ Latin sēmen Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sēminālis Old French seminalbor. Middle English seminal English seminal From Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin sēminālis, ultimately from oblique stem of Latin sēmen, sēminis (“seed”) + -al.
Meanings
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Of or relating to seed or semen.
During the summer, he studied calmars at Lisbon, but found no appearance of any roe, nor any reservoir which appeared to be destined for the reception of the seminal liquor; and it was in the middle of December, that he began to discern the first traces of a new vessel replete with a milty juice.
1792, George Louis Le Clerc, Barr's Buffon. Buffon's Natural History, page 126:
- Creative or having the power to originate.
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Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
The opening strains of "Left to My Own Devices" puts this album directly in the company of two of the most seminal dance albums of this decade, ABC's The Lexicon of Love and Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Welcome to the Pleasuredome.
1988 December 18, Christopher Wittke, “Why I Loved Marc Almond From The Minute I First Read About Him”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 23, page 11:For a seminal contribution to the economics of fertility, ....
2000, Walter Nicholson, Intermediate microeconomics and its application:The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.
1827, Julius Hare, Augustus William Hare, Guesses at Truth:"The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more seminal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most seminal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
extraseminal · seminality · intraseminal · nonseminal · seminally · seminal vesicle · prostatoseminalvesiculectomy · seminal fluid · human seminal plasma protein hypersensitivity
Synonyms
influential · innovative (creative) · innovative (highly influential) · primary (creative) · influential (highly influential) · pioneering · germinal (relating to seed) · formative (highly influential)
Translations (62)
nl belangrijk (highly influential) · fr important (highly influential) · nb innflytelsesrik (highly influential) · nb banebrytende (highly influential) · ru основополага́ющий (highly influential) · bg семенен (of or relating to seed or semen) · fr influent (highly influential) · sh плодоносан (highly influential) · de Samen- (of or relating to seed or semen) · sv inflytelserik (highly influential) · tr çığır açıcı (highly influential) · de zukunftsträchtig (highly influential) · cmn 種子的 /种子的 (of or relating to seed or semen) · sh утицајан (highly influential) · tr yaratıcı (creative or having the power to originate) · fr séminal (of or relating to seed or semen) · de Saat- (of or relating to seed or semen) · de fruchtbar (creative or having the power to originate) · nl baanbrekend (highly influential) · pt seminal (of or relating to seed or semen) · fi uraauurtava (highly influential) · fi siemen- (of or relating to seed or semen) · pt seminal (creative or having the power to originate) · fr reproductif (creative or having the power to originate) · pt seminal (highly influential) · fi mullistava (highly influential) · cmn 創造性的 /创造性的 (creative or having the power to originate) · ru семенно́й (of or relating to seed or semen) · sl seménski (of or relating to seed or semen) · sv nyskapande (highly influential) · nl zaad- (of or relating to seed or semen) · cmn 影響深遠的 /影响深远的 (highly influential) · bg оплождащ (creative or having the power to originate) · ka სათესლე (of or relating to seed or semen) · tr seminal (of or relating to seed or semen) · fr fécond (creative or having the power to originate) · de wegweisend (highly influential) · fr essentiel (highly influential) · nl invloedrijk (highly influential) · es germinal (creative or having the power to originate) · fr fondateur (creative or having the power to originate) · fr créatif (creative or having the power to originate) · es influyente (highly influential) · nl vruchtbaar (creative or having the power to originate) · la seminalis (creative or having the power to originate) · es seminal (of or relating to seed or semen) · de produktiv (creative or having the power to originate) · it seminale (of or relating to seed or semen) · de ur- (highly influential) · it seminale (highly influential) · sl seminálen (of or relating to seed or semen) · tr kreatif (creative or having the power to originate) · cmn 精液的 (of or relating to seed or semen) · gd sìolach (of or relating to seed or semen) · de bahnbrechend (highly influential) · de grundlegend (highly influential) · de spermatisch (of or relating to seed or semen) · ru плодови́тый (creative or having the power to originate) · la seminalis (of or relating to seed or semen) · lt sėklinis (of or relating to seed or semen) · nl creatief (creative or having the power to originate) · tr dölsel (of or relating to seed or semen)