How do you pronounce germane?

The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒɝˈmeɪn/.

germane

/d͡ʒɝˈmeɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

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"1924, W. D. Ross., translator, Aristotle, Metaphysics. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, Book 1, Part 5. Yet this much is germane to the present inquiry:"
"Connors was addicted to this racquet and kept using it even after Wilson stopped making it, forfeiting millions in potential endorsement money by doing so. Connors was eccentric (and kind of repulsive) in lots of other ways, too, none of which are germane to this article."
"Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. [...] Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk."
"Partway through our call, Horowitz excuses himself to answer the door for a package. The parcel that arrives is, in fact, germane to our conversation: a copy of Stay Alive: Berlin 1939-1945 by Ian Baruma."

A variant form of german (“having the same parents; related”), adapted in this sense in allusions to its use in Shakespeare's Hamlet (see quotations at germaine).

more germane (comparative) most germane (superlative) germain (alternative, obsolete) germaine (alternative, obsolete) germanes (plural)

germanely germaneness germyl nongermane tetraorganogermane ungermane

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