different between fruitful vs germinative

fruitful

English

Alternative forms

  • fruitfull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English fruitefull, equivalent to fruit +? -ful. Compare Dutch vruchtvol, German fruchtvoll, Swedish fruktfull.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f?u?tf?l/
  • Hyphenation: fruit?ful

Adjective

fruitful (comparative more fruitful, superlative most fruitful)

  1. Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.
    Synonym: fertile
    Antonyms: barren, infertile, unfruitful
  2. Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:productive
    Antonym: unfruitful

Synonyms

  • fruitious (obsolete)

Related terms

  • fruitfully
  • fruitfulness

Translations

References

  • fruitful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • fruitful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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germinative

English

Etymology

germinate +? -ive

Adjective

germinative (comparative more germinative, superlative most germinative)

  1. Of or pertaining to germination
  2. Having the ability to germinate

Translations


French

Adjective

germinative

  1. feminine singular of germinatif

Italian

Adjective

germinative

  1. feminine plural of germinativo

Latin

Adjective

germin?t?ve

  1. vocative masculine singular of germin?t?vus

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