seminal
Portuguese, adjective/se.miˈnaw/
seminal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “seminal (relating to seeds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does seminal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineseminal (relating to seeds)
- 2
femininemasculineseminal (relating to semen)
- 3
femininemasculineseminal; creative; inventive
- 4
femininemasculineseminal (highly influential)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of seminal
- seminais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seminal?
- Brazil /se.miˈnaw/
- Brazil [se.miˈnaʊ̯]
- Portugal /sɨ.miˈnal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to seminal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seminal in Portuguese?
seminal appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).