Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

germination

/ˌdʒɜːɹ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: ger-mi-na-tion
IPA: /ˌdʒɜːɹ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination."

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.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: germen, germinātiō
Suffix: -ation

Usage

Inflected Forms

germinations (plural)

Derived Forms

nongermination postgermination pregermination

Synonyms

sprouting

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce germination?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdʒɜːɹ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/.
What does germination mean?: The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
Where does germination come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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