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Is germen a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word germen is a Scrabble US word. The word germen is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is germen a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word germen is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

G2E1R1M3E1N1

Is germen a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word germen is a Words With Friends word. The word germen is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

GERMEN,

5-letter words (7 found)

EMERG,GENRE,GERNE,GREEN,MENGE,MERGE,REMEN,

4-letter words (13 found)

EGER,ERNE,GENE,GERE,GERM,GREE,GREN,MEER,MENE,MENG,MERE,NEEM,REEN,

3-letter words (21 found)

EEN,EME,ENE,ENG,ERE,ERG,ERM,ERN,GEE,GEM,GEN,GER,MEE,MEG,MEN,NEE,NEG,REE,REG,REM,REN,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,EM,EN,ER,ME,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 50 words from germen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of germen

germen

Etymology

From Latin germen (“germ, seed”). Doublet of germ.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɜː.mən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/
  • Homophone: German
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mən

Noun

germen (plural germens or germina)

  1. (biology) The basic form of an organism; the seed or germ.

Anagrams

  • Mergen

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *genmen via dissimilation, from Proto-Italic *genamen, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring”, “seed”), from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”, “to give birth”). Equivalent to gignō (“I beget”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix). Compare with genimen.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡer.men/, [ˈɡɛrmɛn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒer.men/, [ˈd͡ʒɛrmen]

Noun

germen n (genitive germinis); third declension

  1. shoot, sprout, bud
  2. germ, seed, origin
  3. embryo, fetus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

  • germānus
  • germinascō
  • germinō

Related terms

  • germinātiō
  • germinātus

Descendants

References

  • “germen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “germen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • germen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • germene

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin germen.

Noun

germen m (plural germeni)

  1. embryo
    Synonym: embrion
  2. (biology) seed, germ (small mass of cells from which an organism grows)
  3. germ
    Synonym: microb
  4. principle, element, component
    Synonyms: principiu, element

Declension

Related terms

  • germina
  • germinare
  • germinat
  • germinabil
  • germinabilitate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin germen (“germ, seed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxeɾmen/ [ˈxeɾ.mẽn]
  • Rhymes: -eɾmen
  • Syllabification: ger‧men

Noun

germen m (plural gérmenes)

  1. germen
  2. microbe, microorganism
  3. (figurative) seed, origin

Further reading

  • “germen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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