germinal
/ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mɪnəl/adjective
germinal is spelled G-E-R-M-I-N-A-L: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, germinal means “Relating to spring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in germinal?
| Letters | 8: G-E-R-M-I-N-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is germinal?
Germinal appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce germinal?
- /ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mɪnəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-germinal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with germinal?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as germinal.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: malinger.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of germinal
- more germinal comparative
- most germinal superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does germinal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to spring
- 2
Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ.
- 3
Relating to a plant ovary.
- 4
Serving as a point of origin; formative.
My upbringing was the germinal idea behind the opera.
- 5
Highly influential; seminal.
This case was germinal to development of the theory of joint participation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Germinal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining or belonging to a germ:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | germinal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does germinal come from?
From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“seed”) + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).