seminal
See also: séminal
English
Etymology
From Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin sēminālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛmɪnəl/
Audio (RP) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛmɪnəl
Adjective
seminal (comparative more seminal, superlative most seminal)
- Of or relating to seed or semen.
- 1792, George Louis Le Clerc, Barr's Buffon. Buffon's Natural History (page 126)
- During the summer, he studied calmars at Lisbon, but found no appearance of any roe, nor any reservoir which appeared to be destined for the reception of the seminal liquor; and it was in the middle of December, that he began to discern the first traces of a new vessel replete with a milty juice.
- 1792, George Louis Le Clerc, Barr's Buffon. Buffon's Natural History (page 126)
- Creative or having the power to originate.
- Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
- Synonyms: influential, pioneering
- 1827, Julius Hare and Augustus William Hare, Guesses at Truth
- The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.
- "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science.
- 2000, Walter Nicholson, Intermediate microeconomics and its application:
- For a seminal contribution to the economics of fertility, ....
Synonyms
- (relating to seed): germinal
- (creative): innovative, primary
- (highly influential): influential, innovative, formative
Derived terms
- human seminal plasma protein hypersensitivity
- nonseminal
- seminal fluid
- seminality
- seminally
- seminal vesicle
Translations
of or relating to seed or semen
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creative or having the power to originate
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highly influential
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Noun
seminal (plural seminals)
- (obsolete) A seed.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203:
- the seminals of spiders and scorpions
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Anagrams
- Elamins, Malines, Melians, isleman, menials, salmine
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin sēminālis.
Adjective
seminal (masculine and feminine plural seminals)
- seminal
Derived terms
- vesícula seminal
Further reading
- “seminal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “seminal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “seminal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “seminal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin sēminālis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.miˈnaw/ [se.miˈnaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.miˈnal/ [sɨ.miˈnaɫ]
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nal
Adjective
seminal m or f (plural seminais)
- (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
- (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
- seminal; creative; inventive
- Synonyms: criativo, inventivo, fértil
- seminal (highly influential)
Related terms
- sêmen
- semente
Further reading
- “seminal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French séminal, from Latin seminalis.
Adjective
seminal m or n (feminine singular seminală, masculine plural seminali, feminine and neuter plural seminale)
- seminal
Declension
Declension of seminal
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | seminal | seminală | seminali | seminale | ||
definite | seminalul | seminala | seminalii | seminalele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | seminal | seminale | seminali | seminale | ||
definite | seminalului | seminalei | seminalilor | seminalelor |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sēminālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /semiˈnal/ [se.miˈnal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: se‧mi‧nal
Adjective
seminal (plural seminales)
- (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
- (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
- seminal; creative; inventive
- seminal (highly influential)
Derived terms
- vesícula seminal
Related terms
- semen
- semilla
Further reading
- “seminal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014