germinate

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• /ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/
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From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ate, from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”).

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَمَا (namā) — sprout or produce buds
• Azerbaijani: cücərmək — sprout or produce buds
• Bashkir: шытыу (şıtıw) — sprout or produce buds
• Bulgarian: покълвам (pokǎlvam) — sprout or produce buds
• Bulgarian: пониквам (ponikvam) — sprout or produce buds
• Catalan: germinar — sprout or produce buds
• Chinese Mandarin: 發芽 /发芽 (fāyá) — sprout or produce buds
• Estonian: idanema — sprout or produce buds
• Estonian: tärkama — sprout or produce buds
• Finnish: itää — sprout or produce buds
• French: germer — sprout or produce buds
• Galician: xerminar — sprout or produce buds
• Galician: xermolar — sprout or produce buds
• Georgian: ამოსვლა (amosvla) — sprout or produce buds
• Georgian: აღმოცენება (aɣmoceneba) — sprout or produce buds
• Georgian: გაღივება (gaɣiveba) — sprout or produce buds
• German: keimen — sprout or produce buds
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (keinan) — sprout or produce buds
• Greek: βλαστάνω (vlastáno) — sprout or produce buds
• Greek: φυτρώνω (fytróno) — sprout or produce buds
• Greek: ξεβλασταρώνω (xevlastaróno) — sprout or produce buds
• Hungarian: csírázik — sprout or produce buds
• Icelandic: spíra — sprout or produce buds
• Icelandic: skjóta frjóöngum — sprout or produce buds
• Ido: jermifar — sprout or produce buds
• Italian: germinare — sprout or produce buds
• Latin: germinō — sprout or produce buds
• Māori: kahu — sprout or produce buds
• Māori: tinaku — sprout or produce buds
• Norwegian: spire — sprout or produce buds
• Polish: kiełkować — sprout or produce buds
• Polish: wykiełkować — sprout or produce buds
• Romanian: germina — sprout or produce buds
• Romanian: încolți — sprout or produce buds
• Russian: прорастать (prorastatʹ) — sprout or produce buds
• Russian: прорасти́ (prorastí) — sprout or produce buds
• Spanish: germinar — sprout or produce buds
• Swedish: gro — sprout or produce buds
• Turkish: bitmek — sprout or produce buds
• Turkish: filizlenmek — sprout or produce buds
• Ukrainian: пророста́ти (prorostáty) — sprout or produce buds
• Ukrainian: прорости́ (prorostý) — sprout or produce buds
• Welsh: egino — sprout or produce buds
• Chinese Mandarin: 產生 /产生 (chǎnshēng) — cause to grow
• Chinese Mandarin: 形成 (xíngchéng) — cause to grow
• Estonian: idandama — cause to grow
• Finnish: idättää — cause to grow
• Hungarian: csíráztat — cause to grow
• Welsh: egino — cause to grow