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germano.

German (member of a Germanic tribe)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nu/Brazil[ʒeɦˈmɐ̃.nu]Brazil/ʒeɾˈmɐ̃.nu/São-Paulo/ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. German (member of a Germanic tribe)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Germānus (“German”).

noun/ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nu/Brazil[ʒeɦˈmɐ̃.nu]Brazil/ʒeɾˈmɐ̃.nu/São-Paulo/ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. brother-german (a brother with the same mother and father)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin germānus (“of siblings”), from germen (“sprout, bud”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to bear”). Doublet of irmão, which was inherited, and hermano, a borrowing from Spanish.

adj/ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nu/Brazil[ʒeɦˈmɐ̃.nu]Brazil/ʒeɾˈmɐ̃.nu/São-Paulo/ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. legitimate; genuine

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin germānus (“of siblings”), from germen (“sprout, bud”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to bear”). Doublet of irmão, which was inherited, and hermano, a borrowing from Spanish.

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