- germinal⇄adv. germinally.
- germinal⇄germinal, adjective.
1. of or like germs or germ cells.
2. (Figurative.) in the earliest stage of development.
Ex. Those germinal ideas ... had been sprouting under cover (George Eliot).
(SYN) elementary, rudimentary. - Germinal⇄Germinal, noun.
(in the calendar of the first French Republic) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.