Meanings
plural germinations
- countableuncountableThe 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latingerminātiō, germinātiōnem“sprouting, budding, growing”
- Latingermen, germinis“shoot, sprout, bud”
- Englishgermination
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.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِنْتَاش
- اِنْتَاش (intāš)process of germinating
Bulgarian покълване, поникване
- покълване (pokălvane)process of germinating
- поникване (ponikvane)process of germinating
Catalan germinació
- germinacióprocess of germinating
Chinese Mandarin 發芽 /发芽
- 發芽 /发芽 (fāyá)process of germinating
Czech klíčení
- klíčeníprocess of germinating
Dutch kieming
- kiemingprocess of germinating
Finnish itäminen
- itäminenprocess of germinating
Hindi अंकुरण
- अंकुरण (aṅkuraṇ)process of germinating
Japanese 発芽
- 発芽 (hatsuga)process of germinating
Korean 발아
- 발아 (bara)process of germinating
Spanish germinación
- germinaciónprocess of germinating
Welsh eginiad
- eginiadprocess of germinating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with germination
Cite this entry
germination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/germination
“germination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/germination. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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