Imogen of the Internet has created a seminal classification of thirty distinct varieties of chatspeak, some now facing linguistic extinction.
Source: tatoeba (798447)
Seminal
//ˈsɛmɪnəl//
Synonyms for "seminal" (142 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (71)
newnotionaloriginalovarianpenialpenilephallicplenteousplentifulpotentialpregnantprimalprimaryprimeprimevalprimitiveprimordialpristineprocreantprocreative
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productiveproliferousprolificpropagativeprotogenicradicalreproductiverheumyrichricheningrudimentarysalivantsalivarysalivousscrotalsecretionalsecretivesecretoryseroussexualshapingsialagogicspermaticspermatozoalspermatozoanspermatozoicspermicsporalsporogenoussporoidsporousstimulatesuperabundantswarmingteemingtellingtesticularthrivinguberousundevelopedunprecedenteduterinevaginalvisionedvulvalvulvarwateringwatery
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
9 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- оплождащ adj (creative or having the power to originate)
- семенен adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 創造性的 /创造性的 adj (creative or having the power to originate)
- 影響深遠的 /影响深远的 adj (highly influential)
- 種子的 /种子的 adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
- 精液的 adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
Dutch
4 entries- baanbrekend adj (highly influential)
- belangrijk adj (highly influential)
- creatief adj (creative or having the power to originate)
- invloedrijk adj (highly influential)
Finnish
3 entries- mullistava adj (highly influential)
- siemen adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
- uraauurtava adj (highly influential)
French
4 entries- créatif adj (creative or having the power to originate)
- essentiel adj (highly influential)
- fondateur adj (creative or having the power to originate)
- fécond adj (creative or having the power to originate)
Georgian
1 entries- სათესლე adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
German
4 entries- Saat adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
- Samen adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
- bahnbrechend adj (highly influential)
- fruchtbar adj (creative or having the power to originate)
Italian
2 entries- seminale adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
- seminale adj (highly influential)
Latin
2 entries- seminalis adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
- seminalis adj (creative or having the power to originate)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sėklinis adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- banebrytende adj (highly influential)
- innflytelsesrik adj (highly influential)
Portuguese
3 entries- seminal adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
- seminal adj (creative or having the power to originate)
- seminal adj (highly influential)
Russian
3 entries- основополага́ющий adj (highly influential)
- плодови́тый adj (creative or having the power to originate)
- семенно́й adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sìolach adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- плодоносан adj (highly influential)
- утицајан adj (highly influential)
Slovene
2 entries- seminálen adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
- seménski adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
Spanish
3 entries- germinal adj (creative or having the power to originate)
- influyente adj (highly influential)
- seminal adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
Swedish
2 entries- inflytelserik adj (highly influential)
- nyskapande adj (highly influential)
Turkish
4 entries- dölsel adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
- kreatif adj (creative or having the power to originate)
- seminal adj (of or relating to seed or semen)
- yaratıcı adj (creative or having the power to originate)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
It is widely believed that Einstein was awarded the Nobel prize in 1921 for his work on relativity. It was actually awarded for his seminal paper on the photoelectric effect.
Source: tatoeba (1671126)
This is Tom's seminal work.
Source: tatoeba (8171512)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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