germinal
French, noun/ʒɛʁ.mi.nal/
germinal is spelled G-E-R-M-I-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Germinal is a French masculine noun meaning “Germinal (the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Septième mois du calendrier républicain, qui s’étendait du 21 mars au 20 avril”.
What does germinal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
germinal
noun
- 1
masculineGerminal (the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport au germe.
noun: 1. Septième mois du calendrier républicain, qui s’étendait du 21 mars au 20 avril.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of germinal
- germinale feminine
- germinaux masculine plural
- germinales feminine plural
- germinals plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce germinal?
- /ʒɛʁ.mi.nal/
- \ʒɛʁ.mi.nal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is germinal in French?
germinal appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).