The seed is beginning to germinate.
Source: tatoeba (3336616)
Germinate
//ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt//
Synonyms for "germinate" (58 found)
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47 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نَمَا verb (sprout or produce buds)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cücərmək verb (sprout or produce buds)
Bulgarian
2 entries- покълвам verb (sprout or produce buds)
- пониквам verb (sprout or produce buds)
Catalan
1 entries- germinar verb (sprout or produce buds)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 形成 verb (cause to grow)
- 產生 /产生 verb (cause to grow)
- 發芽 /发芽 verb (sprout or produce buds)
Estonian
3 entries- idandama verb (cause to grow)
- idanema verb (sprout or produce buds)
- tärkama verb (sprout or produce buds)
Finnish
2 entries- idättää verb (cause to grow)
- itää verb (sprout or produce buds)
French
1 entries- germer verb (sprout or produce buds)
Galician
2 entries- xerminar verb (sprout or produce buds)
- xermolar verb (sprout or produce buds)
Georgian
3 entries- ამოსვლა verb (sprout or produce buds)
- აღმოცენება verb (sprout or produce buds)
- გაღივება verb (sprout or produce buds)
German
1 entries- keimen verb (sprout or produce buds)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (sprout or produce buds)
Greek
2 entries- βλαστάνω verb (sprout or produce buds)
- φυτρώνω verb (sprout or produce buds)
Hungarian
2 entries- csírázik verb (sprout or produce buds)
- csíráztat verb (cause to grow)
Icelandic
2 entries- skjóta frjóöngum verb (sprout or produce buds)
- spíra verb (sprout or produce buds)
Ido
1 entries- jermifar verb (sprout or produce buds)
Italian
1 entries- germinare verb (sprout or produce buds)
Latin
1 entries- germinō verb (sprout or produce buds)
Māori
2 entries- kahu verb (sprout or produce buds)
- tinaku verb (sprout or produce buds)
Norwegian
1 entries- spire verb (sprout or produce buds)
Polish
2 entries- kiełkować verb (sprout or produce buds)
- wykiełkować verb (sprout or produce buds)
Romanian
2 entries- germina verb (sprout or produce buds)
- încolți verb (sprout or produce buds)
Russian
2 entries- прорастать verb (sprout or produce buds)
- прорасти́ verb (sprout or produce buds)
Spanish
1 entries- germinar verb (sprout or produce buds)
Swedish
1 entries- gro verb (sprout or produce buds)
Turkish
2 entries- bitmek verb (sprout or produce buds)
- filizlenmek verb (sprout or produce buds)
Ukrainian
2 entries- пророста́ти verb (sprout or produce buds)
- прорости́ verb (sprout or produce buds)
Welsh
2 entries- egino verb (sprout or produce buds)
- egino verb (cause to grow)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
For an idea to germinate and to be fruitful, it is necessary to scatter its seeds in the appropriate season.
Source: tatoeba (3639025)
Seeds need germination operation to germinate.
Source: tatoeba (9816193)
Have faith in the future and always seek the honorable outcome; with your roots, germinate the seeds.
Source: tatoeba (10225940)
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