germ

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• Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɜːm/
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• General-American: jûrm
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• General-American: /d͡ʒɝm/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)m
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From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen.

Clipping of German, from the phonetic similarity to germ.

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رُشَيْم (rušaym) — mass of cells
• Belarusian: заро́дак (zaródak) — mass of cells
• Belarusian: эмбрыён (embryjón) — mass of cells
• Bulgarian: ембрио́н (embrión) — mass of cells
• Bulgarian: заро́диш (zaródiš) — mass of cells
• Burmese: မျိုး (myui:) — mass of cells
• Catalan: germen — mass of cells
• Czech: zárodek — mass of cells
• Dutch: kiem — mass of cells
• Esperanto: ĝermo — mass of cells
• Finnish: itiö — mass of cells
• French: germe — mass of cells
• Galician: xerme — mass of cells
• Georgian: ჩანასახი (čanasaxi) — mass of cells
• Georgian: ემბრიონი (embrioni) — mass of cells
• German: Keim — mass of cells
• Greek: μικρόβιο (mikróvio) — mass of cells
• Hindi: रोगाणु (rogāṇu) — mass of cells
• Hindi: कीटाणु (kīṭāṇu) — mass of cells
• Hungarian: csíra — mass of cells
• Indonesian: kuman — mass of cells
• Italian: germe — mass of cells
• Japanese: 胚芽 (haiga) — mass of cells
• Khmer: ជីវាណូ (ciivaanou) — mass of cells
• Khmer: ពីជៈ (piicĕəʼ) — mass of cells
• Korean: 배아 (baea) — mass of cells
• Portuguese: germe — mass of cells
• Romanian: microb — mass of cells
• Romanian: germen — mass of cells
• Russian: заро́дыш (zaródyš) — mass of cells
• Russian: зача́ток (začátok) — mass of cells
• Russian: эмбрио́н (embrión) — mass of cells
• Slovak: klíček — mass of cells
• Spanish: germen — mass of cells
• Swedish: mikrob — mass of cells
• Tagalog: binhay — mass of cells
• Ukrainian: заро́док (zaródok) — mass of cells
• Ukrainian: ембріо́н (embrión) — mass of cells
• Ukrainian: зача́ток (začátok) — mass of cells
• Vietnamese: mộng — mass of cells
• Vietnamese: mầm — mass of cells
• Arabic: جُرْثُومَة (jurṯūma) — pathogenic microorganism
• Arabic: جرثومة (jarṯūma, jurṯūma) — pathogenic microorganism
• Assamese: বীজাণু (bizanu) — pathogenic microorganism
• Belarusian: мікро́б (mikrób) — pathogenic microorganism
• Bulgarian: микро́б (mikrób) — pathogenic microorganism
• Burmese: ပိုး (pui:) — pathogenic microorganism
• Catalan: germen — pathogenic microorganism
• Chinese Mandarin: 細菌 /细菌 (xìjūn) — pathogenic microorganism
• Chinese Mandarin: 菌 (jūn) — pathogenic microorganism
• Czech: bakterie — pathogenic microorganism
• Czech: mikrob — pathogenic microorganism
• Czech: choroboplodný zárodek — pathogenic microorganism
• Dutch: kiem — pathogenic microorganism
• Esperanto: mikrobo — pathogenic microorganism
• Finnish: mikrobi — pathogenic microorganism
• French: germe — pathogenic microorganism
• Galician: xerme — pathogenic microorganism
• Georgian: მიკრობი (miḳrobi) — pathogenic microorganism
• German: Keim — pathogenic microorganism
• Greek: μικρόβιο (mikróvio) — pathogenic microorganism
• Hindi: रोगाणु (rogāṇu) — pathogenic microorganism
• Hungarian: csíra — pathogenic microorganism
• Hungarian: kórokozó — pathogenic microorganism
• Icelandic: sýkill — pathogenic microorganism
• Indonesian: kuman — pathogenic microorganism
• Italian: microbo — pathogenic microorganism
• Italian: germe — pathogenic microorganism
• Japanese: 細菌 (saikin) — pathogenic microorganism
• Kannada: ರೋಗಾಣು (rōgāṇu) — pathogenic microorganism
• Khmer: ក្រមី (krɑɑməy) — pathogenic microorganism
• Korean: 세균 (segyun) — pathogenic microorganism
• Lao: ເຊື້ອ (sư̄a) — pathogenic microorganism
• Lao: ຕົວພະຍາດ (tūa pha nyāt) — pathogenic microorganism
• Lao: ແມ່ພະຍາດ (mǣ pha nyāt) — pathogenic microorganism
• Lao: ເຊື້ອໂລກ (sư̄a lōk) — pathogenic microorganism
• Luxembourgish: Keim — pathogenic microorganism
• Malay: kuman — pathogenic microorganism
• Māori: kitakita — pathogenic microorganism
• Māori: moroiti tahumaero — pathogenic microorganism
• Mongolian: нян (njan) — pathogenic microorganism
• Nepali: किटाणु (kiṭāṇu) — pathogenic microorganism
• Persian: جرم (jerm) — pathogenic microorganism
• Polish: zarazek — pathogenic microorganism
• Polish: mikrob — pathogenic microorganism
• Polish: bakcyl — pathogenic microorganism
• Portuguese: germe — pathogenic microorganism
• Romanian: germen — pathogenic microorganism
• Romanian: microb — pathogenic microorganism
• Russian: микро́б (mikrób) — pathogenic microorganism
• Spanish: germen — pathogenic microorganism
• Swahili: kijidudu — pathogenic microorganism
• Swedish: mikrob — pathogenic microorganism
• Tagalog: mikrobyo — pathogenic microorganism
• Tagalog: kagaw — pathogenic microorganism
• Thai: เชื้อ (chʉ́ʉa) — pathogenic microorganism
• Thai: เชื้อโรค (chʉ́ʉa-rôok) — pathogenic microorganism
• Tibetan: ནད་འབུ (nad 'bu) — pathogenic microorganism
• Ukrainian: мікро́б (mikrób) — pathogenic microorganism
• Vietnamese: vi khuẩn — pathogenic microorganism
• Vietnamese: vi trùng — pathogenic microorganism
• Catalan: germen — idea
• Czech: zárodek — idea
• Czech: počátek — idea
• Dutch: kiem — idea
• Finnish: siemen — idea
• French: germe — idea
• Galician: xerme — idea
• Georgian: ჩანასახი (čanasaxi) — idea
• Hungarian: csíra — idea
• Japanese: 芽生え (mebae) — idea
• Polish: zalążek — idea
• Portuguese: germe — idea
• Romanian: germen — idea
• Romanian: cauză — idea
• Romanian: sămânță — idea
• Russian: зача́ток (začátok) — idea
• Swedish: frö — idea
• Asturian: xerme — embryo of a seed
• Belarusian: за́вязь (závjazʹ) — embryo of a seed
• Catalan: germen — embryo of a seed
• Chinese Mandarin: 胚芽 (pēiyá) — embryo of a seed
• Finnish: alkio — embryo of a seed
• Galician: xerme — embryo of a seed
• Georgian: ბუტკო (buṭḳo) — embryo of a seed
• Portuguese: germe — embryo of a seed
• Romanian: germen — embryo of a seed
• Romanian: embrion — embryo of a seed
• Russian: за́вязь (závjazʹ) — embryo of a seed
• Spanish: germen — embryo of a seed
• Turkish: rüşeym — embryo of a seed
• Ukrainian: за́в'язь (závʺjazʹ) — embryo of a seed
• Vietnamese: mầm — embryo of a seed